Contributions of fungi to carbon flow and nutrient cycling from standing dead Typha angustifolia leaf litter in a temperate freshwater marsh

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 529-539

  Kuehn, K A ^a   Ohsowski, B M ^b   Francoeur, S N ^c   Neelyb, R K ^d  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GRASS; IMMOBILIZATION; LEAF LITTER; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; SENESCENCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

FUNGI; TYPHA; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 79952058259     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.2.0529     Document Type: Article

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