Decomposer communities in human-impacted streams: Species dominance rather than richness affects leaf decomposition

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1142-1151

  Tolkkinen, Mikko ^a   Mykrä, Heikki ^a   Markkola, Anna Mari ^a   Aisala, Heidi ^a   Vuori, Kari Matti ^b   Lumme, Jaakko ^a   Pirttilä, Anna Maria ^a   Muotka, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Eutrophication; Leaf shredding invertebrates; Pyrosequencing; Stream acidity

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEDROCK; CURRENT VELOCITY; DECOMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EUTROPHICATION; FUNGUS; LEAF; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84890855706     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12138     Document Type: Article

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