DECOTAB: A multipurpose standard substrate to assess effects of litter quality on microbial decomposition and invertebrate consumption

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1156-1162

  Kampfraath, Andries A ^a   Hunting, Ellard R ^a   Mulder, Christian ^b   Breure, Anton M ^b,c   Gessner, Mark O ^d,e   Kraak, Michiel H S ^a   Admiraal, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystem health; Benthos; Cellulose degradation; Detritivores; Functional ecosystem assessment; Litter decomposition; Methodology; Microorganisms; Standardization

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; ISOPOD; LARVA; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; REACTION RATE; SUBSTRATE;

ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 84874673570     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-075.1     Document Type: Article

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