The role of early fungal colonizers in leaf-litter decomposition in portuguese streams impacted by agricultural runoff

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-409

  Sridhar, K R ^a   Duarte, Sofia ^b   Cássio, Fernanda ^b   Pascoal, Cĺudia ^b  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Leaf decomposition; Nutrient loading; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AQUATIC HYPHOMYCETES; CONIDIAL PRODUCTION; DNA FINGERPRINTS; FUNGAL ACTIVITY; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL DIVERSITY; LEAF DECOMPOSITION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; NUTRIENT LOADING; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PORTUGAL; TWO-STREAM;

DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTS; FUNGI; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; LOADING; PHOSPHATE; RUNOFF; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; TRANSPLANTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 68649087672     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200811154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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