Crayfish process leaf litter in tropical streams even when shredding insects are common

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-548

  Coughlan, Jacqui F ^a   Pearson, Richard G ^a   Boyero, Luz ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allochthonous material; Cherax; Decomposition; Litter processing; Rainforest stream; Shredder

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; DECOMPOSITION; DRY SEASON; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; NITROGEN; RAINFOREST; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX; CHERAX CAIRNSENSIS; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77953010593     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09132     Document Type: Article

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