Stream nutrient enrichment has a greater effect on coarse than on fine benthic organic matter

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1111-1121

  Tant, Cynthia J ^a   Rosemond, Amy D ^a   First, Matthew R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Bacteria; Carbon; Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; Detritus; Freshwater; Fungi; Headwater stream; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Shredder; Southern Appalachian Mountains

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DETRITIVORY; DETRITUS; DOMINANCE; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RESPIRATION;

APPALACHIANS; COWEETA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 84888263292     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-049.1     Document Type: Article

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