Effects of increased water temperature on leaf litter quality and detritivore performance: A whole-reach manipulative experiment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 184-197

  Mas Martí, Esther ^a   Muñoz, Isabel ^a   Oliva, Francesc ^a   Canhoto, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Food quality; Metabolic theory; Shredder; Trade offs; Warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914818646     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12485     Document Type: Article

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