Invertebrate colonisation during leaf processing of native, exotic and artificial detritus in a tropical stream

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 428-439

  Goņalves Jr , Joś Francisco ^a,b   Rezende, Renan De Souza ^c   Fraņa, Juliana ^a   Callisto, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

artificial detritus; breakdown; Cerrado; chemical composition; Eucalyptus; exotic species

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLONIZATION; DETRITUS; FOOD QUALITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENERALIST; INVERTEBRATE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATIVE SPECIES; REFUGE; STREAMWATER;

BRAZIL;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; INVERTEBRATA; MICONIA;

EID: 84860754370     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11172     Document Type: Article

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