Stream carbon and nitrogen supplements during leaf litter decomposition: contrasting patterns for two foundation species

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1111-1121

  Pastor, Ada ^a   Compson, Zacchaeus G ^b   Dijkstra, Paul ^b   Riera, Joan L ^a   Martí, Eugènia ^c   Sabater, Francesc ^a   Hungate, Bruce A ^b   Marks, Jane C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Nutrient cycling; Populus; Recalcitrant compounds

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; STREAMWATER; TREE; WATER COLUMN;

POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS FREMONTII;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOTA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84920954519     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3063-y     Document Type: Article

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