Stream acidification increases nitrogen uptake by leaf biofilms: Implications at the ecosystem scale

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1337-1348

  Ely, Damon T ^a   Von Schiller, Daniel ^b   Valett, H Maurice ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Nitrogen uptake; QCO2; Respiration; Stream acidification; Stress

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 77953922059     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02358.x     Document Type: Article

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