On the potential contribution of microfungi to the decomposition of reed leaf detritus in a coastal lagoon: A laboratory and field experiment

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-435

  Mancinelli, Giorgio ^a   Vignes, Fabio ^a   Sangiorgio, Franca ^a   Mastrolia, Annunziata ^a   Basset, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brackish habitat; Carbon budget; Ergosterol; Leaching; Microbial respiration

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH HABITAT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON LOSS; COASTAL HABITATS; COASTAL LAGOONS; ERGOSTEROL; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LITERATURE DATA; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MICRO-FUNGI; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SURFACE LOSS;

BUDGET CONTROL; FUNGI; LABORATORIES; LEACHING; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOLOGY;

CARBON BUDGET; COASTAL LAGOON; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; ERGOSTEROL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FUNGUS; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHING; LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LE CESINE; LECCE; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68649111669     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200811164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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