Litter breakdown and fungal diversity in a stream affected by mine drainage

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Niyogi, Dev K ^a   Cheatham, Cory A ^a   Thomson, William H ^a   Christiansen, Jessica M ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidity; Aquatic hyphomycetes; Ecosystem function; Fungi; Metals; Microbes

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; AQUATIC PLANT; BIODEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELECTROKINESIS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HYDROXIDE; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZINC;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ELODEA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA; VARICOSPORIUM;

EID: 77954667090     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0175-0039     Document Type: Article

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