Litter processing and shredder distribution as indicators of riparian and catchment influences on ecological health of tropical streams

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-37

  Masese, Frank O ^a   Kitaka, Nzula ^b   Kipkemboi, Julius ^b   Gettel, Gretchen M ^a   Irvine, Kenneth ^a   McClain, Michael E ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Afrotropical streams; Bioindicators; Ecological integrity; Land use; Leaf litter processing; Riparian disturbance; Shredders; Structural and functional indicators

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

AFROTROPICAL STREAMS; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; LEAF LITTER PROCESSING; RIPARIAN DISTURBANCE; SHREDDERS; STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL INDICATORS;

RIVERS;

AFROTROPICAL REGION; AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED LOAD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HEADWATER; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAMWATER;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SHREDDERS; WATER QUALITY;

KENYA;

EID: 84903578050     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.032     Document Type: Article

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