Fungal contributions to carbon flow and nutrient cycling during decomposition of standing Typha domingensis leaves in a subtropical freshwater marsh

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2100-2112

  Su, Rong ^a   Kuehn, Kevin A ^a   Phipps, Scott W ^b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Typha; Carbon flow; Fungi; Litter decomposition; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941192960     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12635     Document Type: Article

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