skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Microbial activity and phosphorus uptake on decomposing leaf detritus in a heterotrophic stream

Abstract

This paper reports results of experiments to determine the influence of microbes associated with decomposing leaf detritus on the uptake length and retention of phosphorus in a heterotrophic stream. The purposes were to (1) determine the relationship between the biomass and activity of microbes associated with decomposing leaf detritus and the uptake length of PO/sub 4/-P in a stream; (2) compare the temporal pattern in the uptake rate of phosphorus among species of leaves that have been shown to differ in their rate of decomposition as a function of time in a stream; and (3) examine the temporal patterns in the net accumulation, leaching, and transformations of phosphorus in flow-through systems containing decomposing leaf detritus.

Authors:
; ;
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6704849
Report Number(s):
CONF-870259-3
ON: DE87006205
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 23. congress of the Society of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Hamilton, New Zealand, 8 Feb 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; PHOSPHATES; UPTAKE; STREAMS; MINERAL CYCLING; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; LEAVES; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS 32; SORPTION; TIME DEPENDENCE; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; 520100* - Environment, Aquatic- Basic Studies- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Elwood, J W, Mulholland, P J, and Newbold, J D. Microbial activity and phosphorus uptake on decomposing leaf detritus in a heterotrophic stream. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Elwood, J W, Mulholland, P J, & Newbold, J D. Microbial activity and phosphorus uptake on decomposing leaf detritus in a heterotrophic stream. United States.
Elwood, J W, Mulholland, P J, and Newbold, J D. 1987. "Microbial activity and phosphorus uptake on decomposing leaf detritus in a heterotrophic stream". United States.
@article{osti_6704849,
title = {Microbial activity and phosphorus uptake on decomposing leaf detritus in a heterotrophic stream},
author = {Elwood, J W and Mulholland, P J and Newbold, J D},
abstractNote = {This paper reports results of experiments to determine the influence of microbes associated with decomposing leaf detritus on the uptake length and retention of phosphorus in a heterotrophic stream. The purposes were to (1) determine the relationship between the biomass and activity of microbes associated with decomposing leaf detritus and the uptake length of PO/sub 4/-P in a stream; (2) compare the temporal pattern in the uptake rate of phosphorus among species of leaves that have been shown to differ in their rate of decomposition as a function of time in a stream; and (3) examine the temporal patterns in the net accumulation, leaching, and transformations of phosphorus in flow-through systems containing decomposing leaf detritus.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6704849}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987}
}

Conference:
Other availability
Please see Document Availability for additional information on obtaining the full-text document. Library patrons may search WorldCat to identify libraries that hold this conference proceeding.

Save / Share: