Long-term moderate nutrient inputs enhance autotrophy in a forested Mediterranean stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1266-1280

  Sabater, Sergi ^a   Artigas, Joan ^a   Gaudes, Ainhoa ^b   Muñoz, Isabel ^b   Urrea, Gemma ^a   Romaní, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chlorophyll; Consumers; Macrofauna; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUFO BUFO; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHMIDTEA POLYCHROA;

EID: 79958730516     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02567.x     Document Type: Article

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