Drowned or Dry: A Cross-Habitat Comparison of Detrital Breakdown Processes

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 477-491

  Treplin, Malte ^a   Zimmer, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

allochthonous organic matter; autochthonous organic matter; detritus; dissolved organic matter; diversity effects; functional group; leaf litter; particulate organic matter; spatial subsidy; species specificity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT TYPE; LEAF LITTER; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84858862276     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9523-5     Document Type: Article

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