Aquatic hyphomycete communities across a land-use gradient of panamanian streams

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-221

  Bärlocher, Felix ^a   Helson, Julie E ^b   Williams, D Dudley ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Panama; Pristine streams; Rural streams; Tropical streams; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BUFFER ZONE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; LAND USE CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTODETRITUS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAMWATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 79958164654     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2010/0177-0209     Document Type: Article

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