Mitigation or disturbance? Effects of liming on macroinvertebrate assemblage structure and leaf-litter decomposition in the humic streams of northern Sweden

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 780-791

  McKie, B G ^a   Petrin, Z ^a   Malmqvist, B ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkalinization; Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Hyphomycete; Natural acidity; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME; LEAF LITTER; LIMING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERTURBATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES EVENNESS; STREAMFLOW; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33745685160     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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