The role of aquatic fungi in transformations of organic matter mediated by nutrients

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1354-1363

  Tant, Cynthia J ^a   Rosemond, Amy D ^a   Mehring, Andrew S ^a   Kuehn, Kevin A ^b   Davis, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Detritus; Headwater stream; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84931007827     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12573     Document Type: Article

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