Effect of sudden flow reduction on the decomposition of alder leaves (Alnus glutinosa [L.] Gaertn.) in a temperate lowland stream: A mesocosm study

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 624, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 205-217

  Schlief, Jeanette ^a   Mutz, Michael ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Litter input; Microbial activity; Shredder; Stream flow

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; FOOD SUPPLY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALDER LEAVES; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHIRONOMID LARVAE; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; FLOW REDUCTIONS; FLOWING STREAMS; GLUTINOSA; LEAF LITTERS; LEAF MASS; LEAF RESPIRATIONS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER INPUT; LOW FLOW CONDITIONS; MACRO-INVERTEBRATES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATURAL FLOW REGIMES; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SHREDDER; SUMMER MONTHS;

STREAM FLOW;

DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FLY; FOOD SUPPLY; FRAGMENTATION; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POOL; RESPIRATION; SPORULATION; STREAM; STREAMFLOW;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CHIRONOMIDAE; MICROPSECTRA;

EID: 60449098617     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9694-4     Document Type: Article

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