Freshwater ecosystem structure-function relationships: From theory to application

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2017-2024

  Sandin, Leonard ^a   Solimini, Angelo G ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Freshwater; Function; Running water; Structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349144002     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02313.x     Document Type: Article

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