Detrital stoichiometry as a critical nexus for the effects of streamwater nutrients on leaf litter breakdown rates

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2214-2224

  Manning, David W P ^a   Rosemond, Amy D ^a   Kominoski, John S ^d   Gulis, Vladislav ^b   Benstead, Jonathan P ^c   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon loss; Decomposition; Detritus; Ecological stoichiometry; Litter breakdown; Nitrogen; Path analysis; Phosphorus; Processing; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DETRITIVORY; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PATH ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAMWATER;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATES; NITROGEN; NORTH CAROLINA; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS;

EID: 84939232823     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1582.1     Document Type: Article

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