Leaf litter nutrient uptake in an intermittent blackwater river: Influence of tree species and associated biotic and abiotic drivers

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 849-860

  Mehring, Andrew S ^a,e   Kuehn, Kevin A ^b   Thompson, Aaron ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^a   Rosemond, Amy D ^a   First, Matthew R ^c   Lowrance, R Richard ^d   Vellidis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycete; Biofilm; Chitin; Coupled biogeochemical cycle; Fungi; Glucosamine; Metal oxide; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BIOTIC FACTOR; CHITIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; FUNGUS; IMMOBILIZATION; INORGANIC MATTER; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER SYSTEM; SORPTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ACER RUBRUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NYSSA OGECHE; QUERCUS NIGRA;

EID: 84931958017     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12399     Document Type: Article

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