Leaf breakdown in tropical streams: The role of different species in ecosystem functioning

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-466

  Boyero, Luz ^a   Pearson, Richard G ^a   Camacho, Regina ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detritus based food webs; Headwater streams; Leaf litter; Shredders; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HEADWATER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAF; MICROHABITAT; NICHE; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TROPICAL REGION; WET SEASON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANISOCENTROPUS KIRRAMUS; ATALOPHLEBIA SP.; LECTRIDES VARIANS; TRIPLECTIDES GONETALUS;

EID: 33748748054     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0453     Document Type: Article

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