Catchment land-use, macroinvertebrates and detritus processing in headwater streams: Taxonomic richness versus function

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 401-415

  Huryn, Alexander D ^a   Butz Huryn, Vivian M ^a   Arbuckle, Chris J ^b   Tsomides, Leonidas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Maine Department of Environmental Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Litter decomposition; Maine; Nutrients; Shredders; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GUILD STRUCTURE; LAND USE; LITTER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; FUNGI;

EID: 0036197228     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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