Leaf litter breakdown in Patagonian streams: Native versus exotic trees and the effect of invertebrate size

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-192

  Albarino R J ^a   Balseiro, E G ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andes; Deciduous Nothofagus pumilio; Litter decay; Pinus ponderosa; Shredders; Streams

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; PINACEAE; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0036091909     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.511     Document Type: Article

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