Leaf Litter Decomposition of Three Riparian Tree Species and Associated Macroinvertebrates of Eswathu Oya, a Low Order Tropical Stream in Sri Lanka

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-104

  Walpola, Hiranthi ^a,b   Leichtfried, Maria ^c   Amarasinghe, Mala ^b   Füreder, Leopold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Macrozoobenthos; Particulate organic matter; Riparian vegetation; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DOMINANCE; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

SRI LANKA;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA MACROPHYLLA; ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 79951740568     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201011248     Document Type: Article

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