Headwater reservoirs weaken terrestrial-aquatic linkage by slowing leaf-litter processing in downstream regulated reaches

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-22

  Mendoza Lera, C ^a   Larranaga A ^b   Perez J ^b   Descals, E ^c   Martinez A ^b   Moya, O ^c   Arostegui, I ^b   Pozo, J ^b  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Headwater stream; Hyphomycete; Leaf litter breakdown; Reservoir; Shredder

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FAUNA; HEADWATER; LEAF LITTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIPARIAN ZONE;

ALNUS; NEMOURIDAE; PROTONEMURA;

EID: 84855370745     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1434     Document Type: Article

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