The effect of sunlight on leaf litter quality reduces growth of the shredder Klapopteryx kuscheli

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1881-1889

  Albariño, Ricardo ^a,b   Villanueva, Verónica Díaz ^b   Canhoto, Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forested stream; Fungi; Leaf biofilm; Sunlight detritus pathways

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; KLAPOPTERYX KUSCHELI; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 49649105521     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02016.x     Document Type: Article

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