Effect of small reservoirs on leaf litter decomposition in Mediterranean headwater streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 691, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-146

  Menéndez, Margarita ^a   Descals, Enrique ^b   Riera, Tecla ^a   Moya, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Invertebrates; Litter breakdown; Small reservoirs

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FLOW PATTERN; HEADWATER; HYPOLIMNION; LEAF LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; STREAMWATER; TYPOLOGY;

CATALONIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SPAIN;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861640808     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1064-6     Document Type: Article

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