Leaf litter breakdown rates in boreal streams: Does shredder species richness matter?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-171

  Jonsson, Micael ^a   Malmqvist, Björn ^a   Hoffsten, Per Ola ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detritus; Leaf breakdown; Shredders; Species richness; Streams

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0035116554     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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