Organic matter availability during pre- and post-drought periods in a Mediterranean stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 657, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 217-232

  Ylla, Irene ^a   Sanpera Calbet, Isis ^b   Vázquez, Eusebi ^b   Romaní, Anna M ^a   Muñoz, Isabel ^b   Butturini, Andrea ^b   Sabater, Sergi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Benthic substrata; Drought; Extracellular enzyme activities; Lipids; Mediterranean stream; Organic matter; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ACID CONTENT; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BENTHIC SUBSTRATA; DROUGHT PERIODS; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAST RECOVERY; FLOWING WATERS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY; HETEROTROPHS; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; HYPORHEIC; INTERMITTENCY; LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; LIPID CONTENT; MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER SOURCE; PARTICULATE FRACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE CONTENTS; RE-WETTING; RECOVERY PHASE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STREAM RECOVERY; STREAMBEDS; WATER FLOWS; WATER FRACTION; WET CONDITIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DRYING; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; LIPIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTS; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCES;

RIVERS;

AMINO ACID; DROUGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIPID; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUBSTRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957285397     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0193-z     Document Type: Article

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