Are leaf breakdown rates a useful measure of stream integrity along an agricultural landuse gradient?

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 330-343

  Hagen, E M ^a,b   Webster, J R ^a   Benfield, E F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Landuse gradient; Leaf breakdown; Shredding macroinvertebrates; Southern Appalachians; Stream integrity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOINDICATOR; DECOMPOSITION; LAND USE; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM;

EID: 33744821895     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[330:ALBRAU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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