Leaf-litter breakdown in tropical streams: Is variability the norm?

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 759-769

  Boyero, Luz ^a,b,c   Pearson, Richard G ^c   Gessner, Mark O ^d,e,f,g   Dudgeon, David ^h   Ramírez, Alonso ⁱ   Yule, Catherine M ^j   Callisto, Marcos ^k   Pringle, Catherine M ^l   Encalada, Andrea C ^m,n   Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy ^o   Mathooko, Jude ^p   Helson, Julie E ^q   Rincón, José ^r   Bruder, Andreas ^f,g,s   Cornejo, Aydeé ^t   Flecker, Alexander S ^u   Mathuriau, Catherine ^v   M'Erimba, Charles ^p   Gonçalves Jr, José F ^k,w   Moretti, Marcelo ^k,x   Jinggut, Tajang ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^k FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^l GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^o MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^p EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^r FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^s UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^t Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^u Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^v INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^w UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^x UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Decomposition; Microorganisms; Shredders; Tropical streams; Variability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; HEADWATER; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; MICROORGANISM; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84949093664     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681093     Document Type: Article

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