Patterns in decomposition rates among photosynthetic organisms: the importance of detritus C:N:P content

Oecologia - Tập 94 Số 4 - Trang 457-471 - 1993
Susana Enríquez1, Carlos M. Duarte2, Kaj Sand‐Jensen3
1Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes, CSIC, Cami de Santa Barbara, 17300 Blanes, Girona, Spain.
2Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes, CSIC, Blanes, Girona, Spain
3Freshwater Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, 51 Helsingørsgade, 3400, Hillerød, Denmark.

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