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| Preface | |
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| Litter Dynamics | |
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| Litter Input | |
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| Leaf Retention | |
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| Manipulation of Stream Retentiveness | |
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| Coarse Benthic Organic Matter | |
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| Leaching | |
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| Leaf Mass Loss Estimated by Litter Bag Technique | |
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| Coarse Particulate Organic Matter Budgets | |
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| Leaf Chemical and Physical Properties | |
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| Determination of Total Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Leaf Litter | |
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| Total Protein | |
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| Free Amino Acids | |
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| Determination of Total Carbohydrates | |
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| Determination of Soluble Carbohydrates | |
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| Total Lipids | |
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| Total Phenolics | |
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| Radial Diffusion Assay for Tannins | |
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| Acid Butanol Assay for Proanthocyanidins (Condensed Tannins) | |
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| Proximate Lignin and Cellulose | |
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| Leaf Toughness | |
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| Microbial Decomposers | |
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| Techniques for Handling Ingoldian Fungi | |
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| Maintenance of Aquatic Hyphomycete Cultures | |
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| An Illustrated Key to the Common Temperate Species of Aquatic Hyphomycetes | |
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| Molecular Approaches to Estimate Fungal Diversity. I. Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) | |
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| Molecular Approaches to Estimate Fungal Diversity. II. Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) | |
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| Sporulation of Aquatic Hyphomycetes | |
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| Ergosterol a Measure of Fungal Biomass | |
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| Acetate Incorporation into Ergosterol to Determine Fungal Growth Rates and Production | |
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| Bacterial Counts and Biomass Determination by Epifluorescence Microscopy | |
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| Secondary Production and Growth of Litter-Associated Bacteria | |
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| Isolation of Cellulose-degrading Bacteria | |
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| Extraction and Quantification of ATP as a Measure of Microbial Biomass | |
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| Respirometry | |
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| Enzymatic Capabilities | |
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| Extractellular Fungal Hydrolytic Enzyme Activity | |
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| Cellulases | |
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| Viscosimetric Determination of Endocellulase Activity | |
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| Fluorometric Determination of the Activity of [Beta]-Glucosidase and other Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes | |
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| Pectin-Degrading Enzymes: Polygalacturonase and Pectin Lyase | |
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| Lignin-Degrading Enzymes: Phenoloxidase and Peroxidase | |
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| Phenol Oxidation | |
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| Proteinase Activity: Azocoll and Thin-Layer Enzyme Assay | |
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| Detritivorous Consumers | |
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| Maintenance of Shredders in the Laboratory | |
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| Feeding Preferences of Shredders | |
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| Data Analysis | |
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| A Primer for Statistical Analysis | |
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| Biodiversity | |
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