Stream-dwelling fungal decomposer communities along a gradient of eutrophication unraveled by 454 pyrosequencing

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-148

  Duarte, S ^a   Barlocher F ^b   Trabulo, J ^a   Cassio F ^a   Pascoal, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Freshwater ecosystems; ITS region; Plant litter decomposition

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA; OTUS;

EID: 84921031062     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-014-0300-y     Document Type: Article

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