The effect of macroinvertebrate exclusion on leaf breakdown rates in a tropical headwater stream

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-408

  Wright, Meredith S ^a,b   Covich, Alan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater shrimp; Headwater stream; Leaf breakdown; Leaf chemistry; Macroinvertebrate exclusion; Puerto Rico; Tropics

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

BURSERACEAE; CECROPIA; CECROPIA SCHREBERIANA; DACRYODES EXCELSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MORACEAE;

EID: 28444438149     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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