The timing of winter-growing shredder species and leaf litter turnover rate in an oligotrophic lake, SE Sweden

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-108

  Bohman, Irene Marita ^a   Herrmann, Jan ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allochthonous subsidies; Asellus; Leaf litter processing; Leptophlebia; Limnephilidae; Shredders; Winter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALLOCHTHONOUS SUBSIDIES; ASELLUS; LEAF LITTER PROCESSING; LEPTOPHLEBIA; LIMNEPHILIDAE; SHREDDERS; WINTER;

BIODIVERSITY;

DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; LEAF LITTER; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TURNOVER;

ASELLUS; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIA; LEPTOPHLEBIA MARGINATA; LIMNEPHILIDAE;

EID: 29444440385     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1052-1     Document Type: Article

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