Do tadpoles affect leaf decomposition in neotropical streams?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1863-1875

  Connelly, Scott ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^a   Whiles, Matt R ^b   Lips, Karen R ^b,c   Kilham, Susan ^d   Brenes, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrolenidae; Decomposition; Fungal biomass; Glass frogs; Neotropical streams; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANCHYTARSUS; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CENTROLENE PROSOBLEPON; CENTROLENIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COCHRANELLA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HYALINOBATRACHIUM; INVERTEBRATA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 79961021452     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02626.x     Document Type: Article

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