Nutrient enrichment alters the magnitude and timing of fungal, bacterial, and detritivore contributions to litter breakdown

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1259-1271

  Tant, Cynthia J ^a   Rosemond, Amy D ^a   Helton, Ashley M ^b   First, Matthew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Decomposers; Detritivores; Detritus; Headwater stream; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Southern Appalachian Mountains

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; DETRITUS; FUNGUS; HEADWATER; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS;

APPALACHIANS;

ACER RUBRUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; METAZOA; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 84939233480     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683255     Document Type: Article

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