Leaf litter dynamics and its use by invertebrates in a high-altitude tropical andean stream

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-371

  Touma, Blanca Rios ^a,b   Encalada, Andrea C ^b,c   Fornells, Narcís Prat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Andes; CPOM; Diversity; Macroinvertebrates; Tropical streams

Indexed keywords

ANDES; CPOM; DIVERSITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; TROPICAL STREAMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BENTHOS; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 68649087673     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200811161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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