Effects of burial on leaf litter quality, microbial conditioning and palatability to three shredder taxa

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1017-1030

  Danger, Michael ^a   Cornut, Julien ^b,c,d   Elger, Arnaud ^b,c   Chauvet, Eric ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Hyporheic zone; Leaf litter stoichiometry; Organic matter breakdown; Shredder growth rate

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859435055     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02762.x     Document Type: Article

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