Diversity and activity of aquatic fungi under low oxygen conditions

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-149

  Medeiros, A O ^a,c   Pascoal, C ^b   Graca M A S ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Leaf decomposition; Oxygen concentration; Streams

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ANGUILLOSPORA FILIFORMIS; ARTICULOSPORA TETRACLADIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYLINDROCARPON; FLAGELLOSPORA CURVULA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; NECTRIA CURTA;

EID: 57449107398     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02101.x     Document Type: Article

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