A conceptual model of litter breakdown in low order streams

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Graça, Manuel A S ^a,b   Ferreira, Verónica ^b   Canhoto, Cristina ^a,b   Encalada, Andrea C ^b,c   Guerrero Bolaño, Francisco ^d   Wantzen, Karl M ^e   Boyero, Luz ^f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

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

^g BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Decomposition; Organic matter; Processing; Shredders; Streams

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; HYDROBIOLOGY; LEAF LITTER; STREAMWATER;

HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 84920972500     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201401757     Document Type: Article

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