Drought impact on stream detritivores: Experimental effects on leaf litter breakdown and life cycles

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 247-254

  Leberfinger, Karolina ^a   Bohman, Irene ^a   Herrmann, Jan ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatic insect; Decomposition; Emergence; Hydroperiod; Organic matter; Shredders

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC INSECT; AQUATIC INSECTS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; COMPLEX EFFECTS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DETRITIVORES; DROUGHT TREATMENT; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HYDROPERIODS; LEAF LITTER; LOW DENSITY; MULTI-SPECIES; ON-STREAM; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT SURFACE; TERRESTRIAL FOOD WEBS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

DROUGHT;

ADULT; CADDISFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; DROUGHT; EMERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROPERIOD; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; LIFE CYCLE; LOUSE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOLOGY; PREDICTION; RUNOFF; STREAM; SURVIVAL;

ASELLUS AQUATICUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNEPHILUS BIPUNCTATUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77954665567     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0337-1     Document Type: Article

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