Effects of retention site on breakdown of organic matter in a mountain stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1267-1278

  Flores, Lorea ^a   Díez, Jose Ramón ^a   Larrañaga, Aitor ^a   Pascoal, Cláudia ^b   Elosegi, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Coarse particulate organic matter; Leaf breakdown; Macroinvertebrates; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876498076     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12125     Document Type: Article

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