Shredder colonization and decomposition of green and senescent leaves during summer in a headwater stream in northern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 544-550

  Kochi, Kaori ^a,b   Yanai, Seiji ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benthic organic matter; Food resource; Litter input; Nitrogen; Stream macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CADDISFLY; COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEADWATER; LEAF; NITROGEN; STREAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

ACER; AMPHIPODA; BETULACEAE; LEPIDOSTOMA; STERNOMOERA RHYACA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33746424297     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0149-y     Document Type: Article

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