Functional stability of stream-dwelling microbial decomposers exposed to copper and zinc stress

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1683-1691

  Duarte, Sofia ^a   Pascoal, Cláudia ^a   Cássio, Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecosystem stability; Metal stress; Microbial decomposers; Streams

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 67650290008     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02217.x     Document Type: Article

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