Leaf litter recycling in benthic and hyporheic layers in agricultural streams with different types of land use

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4373-4380

  Piscart, Christophe ^a,e,f   Navel, Simon ^a,e,f   Maazouzi, Chafik ^a,b,e,f   Montuelle, Bernard ^c,g   Cornut, Julien ^d,h   Mermillod Blondin, Florian ^a,e,f   des Chatelliers, Michel Creuze ^a,e,f   Simon, Laurent ^a,e,f   Marmonier, Pierre ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystemes Naturels et Anthropises   (France)

^g UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^h LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Bacterial and fungal biomasses; Livestock farming; Particulate organic matter dynamic; River sediment; Vineyard area

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; FUNGAL BIOMASS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; RIVER SEDIMENT; VINEYARD AREA;

AGRICULTURE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

LAND USE;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METAL; PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECYCLING; STREAM; VINEYARD; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LEAF LITTER; MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; STREAM (RIVER); VINEYARD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PLANT LEAVES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052043781     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.060     Document Type: Article

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