Leaf litter processing in a temporary northeastern Moroccan river

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-531

  Maamri, A ^a   Chergui, H ^b   Pattee, E ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAF LITTER; LEAF PROCESSING; TEMPORARY RIVER;

MOROCCO; OUED VHERRAA;

APOCYNACEAE; NERIUM OLEANDER; SALICACEAE; SALIX PEDICELLATA;

EID: 0031470881     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/140/1997/513     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. ARPIN, P., KILBERTUS, G., PONGE, G. & VANNIER, G. (1975): Importance de la microflore et de la microfaune en milieu forestier. - In: PESSON, P. (ed.) Actualité d'écologie forestière: sol, flore, faune. - Gauthier-Villars, Paris, pp. 87-149.
2. BÄRLOCHER, F. (1992): 9 Human interference. - In: BÄRLOCHER, F. (ed.): The Ecology of Aquatic Hyphomycetes. - Springer, Berlin, pp. 173-181.
3. BÄRLOCHER, F., MACKAY, R. J. & WIGGINS, G. B. (1978): Detritus processing in a temporary vernal pool in Southern Ontario. - Arch. Hydrobiol. 81: 269-295.
4. BOULTON, A. J. (1991): Eucalypt leaf decomposition in an intermittent stream in Southeastern Australia. - Hydrobiologia 211: 123-136.
5. BRUQUETAS DE ZOZAYA, I. Y. & NEIFF, J. J. (1991): Decomposition and colonization by invertebrates of Typha latifolia L. litter in Chaco cattail swamp (Argentina). -Aquat. Bot. 40: 185-193.
6. BUNN, S. E. (1986): Origin and fate of organic matter in Australian upland streams. -In: DE DECKKER, P. & WILLIAMS, W. D. (eds.): Limnology in Australia. - CSIRO/ Junk, Melbourne and Dordrecht, pp. 277-291.
7. BUNN, S. E. (1988): Processing of leaf litter in a northern jarrah forest stream, Western Australia: I. Seasonal differences. - Hydrobiologia 162: 201-210.
8. CHERGUI, H., HADDY, L., MARKAOUI, M. & PATTEE, E. (in press 1997): Impact des produits de lessivage de feuilles mortes sur la teneur en oxygène de l'eau et sur la survie d'un gastéropode. - Acta oecol. 18.
9. CHERGUI, H. & PATTEE, E. (1991a): Dégradation des feuilles mortes allochtones dans le réseau de la Basse Moulouya, au Maroc. - Acta oecol. 12: 543-560.
10. _ (1991 b): An experimental study of the breakdown of submerged leaves by hyphomycetes and invertebrates in Morocco. - Freshwat. Biol. 26: 97-110.
11. _ (1992): Processing of fresh and dry Salix leaves in a Moroccan over system. -Acta oecol. 13: 291-298.
12. _ (1993): Fungal and invertebrate colonization of Salix fresh and dry leaves in a Moroccan river system. - Arch. Hydrobiol. 127: 57-72.
13. CUMMINS, K. W. SPENGLER, G. L., WARD, G. M., SPEAKER, R. M., OVINK, R. W. MAHAN, D. C. & MATTINGLY, R. L. (1980): Processing of confined and naturally entrained leaf litter in a woodland stream ecosystem. - Limnol. Oceanogr. 25: 952-957.
14. CUMMINS, K. W. & WILZBACH, A. M. (1985): Field procedures for analysis of functional feeding groups of stream macroinvertebrates. - Contribution 1611 Univ. Maryland, Frostburg, 18 p.
15. DANCE, K. W., HYNES, H. B. N. & KAUSHIK, N. K. (1979): Seasonal drift of solid organic matter in two adjacent streams. - Arch. Hydrobiol. 87: 139-151.
16. ESSAFI, K., CHERGUI, H., PATTEE, E. & MATHIEU, J. (1994): The breakdown of dead leaves buried in the sediment of a permanent stream in Morocco. - Arch. Hydrobiol. 130: 105-112.
17. GAGNEUR, J. (1987): Sur la vulnérabilité des écosystèmes aquatiques en Algérie. -T.S.M. L'Eau 5: 209-212.
18. GIUDICELLI, J., DAKKI, M. & DIA, A. (1985): Caractéristiques abiotiques et hydrobiologiques des eaux courantes méditerranéennes. - Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 22: 2094-2101.
19. GOPAL, B. (1984): Comparison of leaching losses from decomposing litter of terrestrial and marsh plants on land and in water. - Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 22: 947-950.
20. GURTZ, M. E. & TATE, C. M. (1988): Hydrologic influences on leaf decomposition in a channel and adjacent bank of a gallery forest stream. - Amer. Midl. Nat. 120: 11-21.
21. HERBST, G. & REICE, S. R. (1982): Comparative leaf litter decomposition in temporary and permanent streams in semi-arid regions of Israel. - J. arid Envir. 5: 1665-1674.
22. HILL, B. H., GARDNER, T. J. & EKISOLA, O. F. (1988): Breakdown of gallery forest leaf litter in intermittent and perennial prairie streams. - Southwestern Nat. 33: 323-331.
23. HILL, B. H., GARDNER, T. J., EKISOLA, O. F. & HENEBRY, G. M. (1992): Microbial use of leaf litter in prairie streams. - J. N. Amer. Benthol. Soc. 11: 11-19.
24. JUNK, W. & FURCH, K. (1991): Nutrient dynamics in Amazonian floodplains: decomposition of herbaceous plants in aquatic and terrestrial environments. - Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 24: 2080-2084.
25. KIRBY, J. M., WEBSTER, J. R. & BENFIELD, E. F. (1983): The role of shredders in detrital dynamics of permanent and temporary streams. - In: FONTAINE, T. D. III & BARTELL, S. M. (eds.): Dynamics of lotic ecosystems. - Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 425-435.
26. LEGIER, P. & TALIN, J. (1973): Comparaison des ruisseaux permanents et temporaires de la Provence calcaire. - Annls Limnol. 9: 273-292.
27. -(1975): Recolonisation d'un cours d'eau temporaire et évolution du degré de stabilité de la zoocénose. - Ecol. medit. 1: 149-164.
28. MAAMRI, A., CHERGUI, H. & PATTEE, E. (1994 a): Allochthonous input of coarse organic matter to a Moroccan mountain stream. - Acta oecol. 15: 495-508.
29. -(1994 b): La rétention des feuilles mortes dans deux stations d'un cours d'eau de montagne, au Maroc: Variations saisonnières. - Annls Limnol. 30: 323-332.
30. -(1995): Impact des apports végétaux allochtones sur la distribution de la faune benthique dans un cours d'eau montagnard Marocain, l'Oued Zeghzel. - Ecologie. 26: 81-94.
31. MANGENOT, F. & TOUTAIN, F. (1980): Les litières. - In: PESSON, P. (ed.): Actualité d'écologie forestière: sol, flore, faune. - Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 3-59.
32. MERRITT, R. W., CUMMINS, K. W. & BURTON, T. M. (1984): The role of aquatic insects in the processing and cycling of nutrients. - In: RESH, V. H. & ROSENBERG, D. M. (eds.): The Ecology of Aquatic Insects, pp. 134-163.
33. MOLLA, S., MALTCHIK, L., CASADO, C. & MONTES, C. (1996): Particulate organic matter and ecosystem metabolism dynamics in a temporary Mediterranean stream -Arch. Hydrobiol. 137: 59-76.
34. PATTEE, E. & CHERGUI, H. (1995): The application of habitat templets and traits to hyphomycete fungi in a mid-European river system. - Freshwat. Biol 33: 525-539.
35. PETERSEN, R. C. & CUMMINS, K. W. (1974): Leaf processing in a woodland stream. -Freshwat. Biol. 4: 343-368.
36. ROGERS, K. H. & BREEN, C. M. (1982): An investigation of macrophyte, epiphyte and grazer interactions. - In: WETZEL, R. G. (ed.): Periphyton of Freshwater Ecosystems. - W. Junk, The Hague, pp. 217-226.
37. SEASTEDT, D. A., GROSSLEY, D. A., MEENTMEYER, V. & WAIDE, J. B. (1983): A two year study of leaf litter decomposition as related to macroclimate factors and micro-arthropode abundance in the Southern Appalachians. - Holarctic Ecology. 6: 11-16.
38. SHORT, R. A., SMITH, S. L., GUTHRIE, D. W. & STANFORD, J. A. (1984): Leaf litter processing rates in four Texas streams. - J. Freshwat. Ecol. 2: 469-473.
39. SMITH, D. L. (1986): Leaf litter processing and the associated invertebrate fauna in a tallgrass prairie stream. - Amer. Midland Nat. 116: 78-86.
40. TACHET, H., BOURNAUD, H. & RICHOUX, P. (1980): Introduction à l'étude des macro-invertébrés des eaux courantes. - Assoc. Fr. Limnol. & Univ. Lyon-I, 156 p.
41. TATE, C. M. & GURTZ, M. E. (1986): Comparison of mass loss, nutrients and invertebrates associated with elm leaf litter decomposition in perennial and intermittent reaches of tallgrass prairie streams. - Southwestern Nat. 31: 511-520.
42. TIWARI, S. C., TIWARI, B. K. & MISHRA, R. R. (1989): Microbial decomposition of pineapple litters (Ananas comosus L.). - Acta oecol. 10: 329-339.
43. VANNIER, G. (1970): Réactions des microartropodes aux variations de l'état hydrique du sol. Techniques relatives à l'extraction des arthropodes du sol. - Editions du C.N.R.S., Paris, série P.B.I., R.C.P. 40, 319.
44. WEBSTER, J. R. & BENFIELD, E. F. (1986): Vascular plant breakdown in freshwater ecosystems. - Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 17: 567-594.