Riparian land use and the relationship between the benthos and litter decomposition in tropical montane streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1719-1733

  Encalada, Andrea C ^a,b   CAlles, Juan ^c   Ferreira, Veronica ^a   Canhoto, Cristina M ^a   Graça, Manuel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fungal activity; Litter processing; Macroinvertebrate community; Phylloicus sp; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS ACUMINATA; FUNGI; INGA; INVERTEBRATA; PHYLLOICUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77954502198     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02406.x     Document Type: Article

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