Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in a species-poor guild: A test using tropical stream detritivores

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 329-336

  Dudgeon, David ^a   Gao, Becky W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Detritus; Hong Kong; Litter breakdown; Shredders; Species loss

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MIXTURES; MOLLUSCS; SHELLFISH;

COMPOSITIONAL EFFECTS; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; HONG-KONG; LEAF LITTER BREAKDOWNS; LITTER BREAKDOWN; SHREDDERS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CADDISFLY; CRUSTACEAN; DECIDUOUS TREE; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FEEDING; GUILD; LARVA; LEAF LITTER; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ANISOCENTROPUS MACULATUS; ATYIDAE (CRUSTACEANS); BROTIA HAINANENSIS; CALAMOCERATIDAE; CARIDINA CANTONENSIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; HAMAMELIDACEAE; HAMAMELIDIDAE; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR FORMOSANA; PACHYCHILIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77954688849     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0365-x     Document Type: Article

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