Leaf-litter breakdown in streams of East Malaysia (Borneo) along an altitudinal gradient: Initial nitrogen content of litter limits shredder feeding

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 691-701

  Jinggut, Tajang ^a   Yule, Catherine M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Borneo; Latitude; Litter decomposition; Macroinvertebrates; Resource quality; Tropical

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITROGEN; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

MALAYSIA;

MACARANGA; MACARANGA TANARIUS;

EID: 84949097293     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681256     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Aerts, R. 1997. Climate, leaf litter chemistry and leaf litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: a triangular relationship. Oikos 79:439-449
2. Ardón, M., L. A. Stallcup, and C. M. Pringle. 2006. Does leaf quality mediate the stimulation of leaf breakdown by phosphorus in Neotropical streams? Freshwater Biology 51:618-633.
3. Ashton, P. S. 1971. The plants and vegetation of Bako National Park. Malayan Nature Journal 24:151-162.
4. Bastian, M., L. Boyero, B. R. Jackes, and R. G. Pearson. 2007. Leaf litter diversity and shredder preferences in an Australian tropical rain-forest stream. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23:219-229.
5. Becker, P., S. J. Davies, M. Z. H. I. Moksin, and P. M. Simanjuntak. 1999. Leaf size distributions of understory plants in mixed dipterocarp forest and heath forests of Brunei. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15:123-128.
6. Boyero, L., R. G. Pearson, D. Dudgeon, V. Ferreira, M. A. S. Graça, M. O. Gessner, A. J. Boulton, E. Chauvet, C. M. Yule, R. J. Albariño, A. Ramírez, J. E. Helson, M. Callisto, M. Arunachalam, J. Chará, R. Figueroa, J. M. Mathooko, J. F. Gonçalves, M. S. Moretti, A. M. Chará-Serná, J. N. Davies, A. C. Encalada, S. Lamothe, L. M. Buria, J. Castela, A. Cornejo, A. O. Y. Li, C. M'Erimba, V. D. Villanueva, M. C. Zúñiga, C. M. Swan, and L. A. Barmuta. 2012. Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21:134-141.
7. Boyero, L., R. G. Pearson, D. Dudgeon, M. A. S. Graça, M. O. Gessner, R. J. Albariño, V. Ferreira, C. M. Yule, A. J. Boulton, M. Arunachalam, M. Callisto, E. Chauvet, A. Ramírez, J. Chará, M. S. Moretti, J. F. Gonçalves, J. E. Helson, A. M. Chará-Serna, A. C. Encalada, J. N. Davies, S. Lamothe, A. Cornejo, A. O. Y. Li, L. M. Buria, V. D. Villanueva, M. C. Zúñiga, and C. M. Pringle. 2011a. Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns. Ecology 92: 1839-1848.
8. Boyero, L., R. G. Pearson,M. O. Gessner, L. A. Barmuta, V. Ferreira, M. A. S. Graça, D. Dudgeon, A. J. Boulton, M. Callisto, E. Chauvet, J. E. Helson, A. Bruder, R. J. Albariño, C. M. Yule, M. Arunachalam, J. N. Davies, R. Figueroa, A. S. Flecker, A. Ramírez, R. G. Death, T. Iwata, J. M. Mathooko, C. Mathuriau, J. F. Gonçalves, M. S. Moretti, T. Jinggut, S. Lamothe, C. M'Erimba, L. Ratnarajah,M.H. Schindler, J. Castela, L. M. Buria, A. Cornejo, V. D. Villanueva, and D. C. West. 2011b. A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration. Ecology Letters 14:289-294.
9. Camacho, R., L. Boyero, A. Cornejo, A. Ibañez, and R. G. Pearson. 2009. Local variation in shredder distribution can explain their oversight in tropical streams. Biotropica 41:625-632.
10. Canhoto, C., and M. A. S. Graça. 1995. Food value of introduced eucalypt leaves for a Mediterranean stream detritivore: Tipula lateralis. Freshwater Biology 34:209-214.
11. Cebrian, J. 1999. Patterns in the fate of production in plant communities. American Naturalist 154:449-468.
12. Cheshire, K., L. Boyero, and R. G. Pearson. 2005. Food webs in tropical Australian streams: shredders are not scarce. Freshwater Biology 50:748-769.
13. Coley, P. D., and J. A. Barone. 1996. Herbivory and plant defenses in tropical forests. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 27:305-335.
14. Cornwell,W. K., J. H. C. Cornelissen, K. Amatangelo, E. Dorrepaal, V. T. Eviner, O. Godoy, S. E. Hobbie, B. Hoorens, H. Kurokawa, N. Pérez-Harguindeguy, H. N. Quested, L. S. Santiago, D. A. Wardle, I. J. Wright, R. Aerts, S. D. Allison, P. Van Bodegom, V. Brovkin, A. Chatain, T. V. Callaghan, S. Díaz, E. Garnier, D. E. Gurvich, E. Kazakou, J. A. Klein, J. Read, P. B. Reich, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, M. V. Vaieretti, and M. Westoby. 2008. Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. Ecology Letters 11:1065-1071.
15. Covich, A. P. 1988. Geographical and historical comparisons of neotropical streams: biotic diversity and detrital processing in highly variable habitats. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 7:361-386.
16. Cowan, C. A., M. W. Oswood, C. A. Buttimore, and P. W. Flanagan. 1983. Processing and macroinvertebrate colonization of detritus in an Alaskan subarctic stream. Holarctic Ecology 6:340-348.
17. Crowl, T. A., V. Welsh, T. Heartsill-Scalley, and A. P. Covich. 2006. Effects of different types of conditioning on rates of leaf-litter shredding by Xiphocaris elongata, a Neotropical freshwater shrimp. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:198-208.
18. Dobson, M., A. Magana, J. M. Mathooko, and F. K. Ndegwa. 2002. Detritivores in Kenyan highland streams: more evidence for the paucity of shredders in the tropics? Freshwater Biology 47:909-919.
19. Dudgeon, D. 1982. An investigation of physical and biological processing of two species of leaf litter in Tai Po Kau forest stream, New Territories, Hong Kong. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 96:1-32.
20. Dudgeon, D., and K. K. Y. Wu. 1999. Leaf litter in a tropical stream: food or substrate for macroinvertebrates? Archiv für Hydrobiologie 146:65-82.
21. Ferreira, V., and E. Chauvet. 2011. Future increase in temperature more than decrease in litter quality can affect microbial litter decomposition in streams. Oecologia (Berlin) 167:279-291.
22. Fisher, S. G., and G. E. Likens. 1973. Energy flow in Bear Brook, New Hampshire: an integrative approach to stream ecosystem metabolism. Ecological Monographs 43:421-439.
23. Gessner, M. O., and E. Chauvet. 1994. Importance of stream microfungi in controlling breakdown rates of leaf litter. Ecology 75:1807-1817.
24. Gessner, M. O., E. Chauvet, and M. Dobson. 1999. A perspective on leaf litter breakdown in streams. Oikos 85:377-384.
25. Gonçalves, J. F., M. A. S. Graça, and M. Callisto. 2006. Leaflitter breakdown in 3 streams in temperate, Mediterranean, and tropical Cerrado climates. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:344-355.
26. Graça, M. A. S., F. Bärlocher, and M. O. Gessner. 2005. Methods to study litter decomposition: a practical guide. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
27. Graça, M. A. S., and C. Cressa. 2010. Leaf quality of some tropical and temperate tree species as food resource for stream shredders. International Review of Hydrobiology 95:27-41.
28. Graça, M. A. S., C. Cressa, M. O. Gessner, M. J. Feio, K. A. Callies, and C. Barrios. 2001. Food quality, feeding preferences, survival and growth of shredders from temperate and tropical steams. Freshwater Biology 46:947-957.
29. Handa, I. T., R. Aerts, F. Berendse, M. P. Berg, A. Bruder, O. Butenschoen, E. Chauvet, M. O. Gessner, J. Jabiol, M. Makkonen, B. G. McKie, B. Malmqvist, E. Peeters, S. Scheu, B. Schmidt, J. V. Ruijven, V. C. A. Vos, and S. Hättenschwiler. 2014. Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes. Nature 509:218-221.
30. Hieber, M., and M. O. Gessner. 2002. Contribution of stream detritivores, fungi and bacteria to leaf breakdown based on biomass estimates. Ecology 83:1026-1038.
31. IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change). 2007. Climate change 2007: the physical science basis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
32. Irons, J. G., M. W. Oswood, R. J. Stout, and C. M. Pringle. 1994. Latitudinal patterns in leaf litter breakdown: is temperature really important? Freshwater Biology 32:401-411.
33. Iwata, T., S. Nakano, and M. Inoue. 2003. Impacts of past riparian deforestation on stream communities in a tropical rain forest in Borneo. Ecological Applications 13:461-473.
34. Jacobsen, D., R. Schultz, and A. Encalada. 1997. Structure and diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages: the influence of temperature with altitude and latitude. Freshwater Biology 38:247-261.
35. Kitayama, K. 1992. An altitudinal transect study of the vegetation on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Vegetatio 102:149-171.
36. Kitayama, K., and S. Aiba. 2002. Ecosystem structure and productivity of tropical rain forests along altitudinal gradients with contrasting soil phosphorus pools of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Journal of Ecology 90:37-51.
37. Kurokawa, H., and T. Nakashizuka. 2008. Leaf herbivory and decomposability in a Malaysian tropical rain forest. Ecology 89:2645-2656.
38. Leroy, C. J., and J. C. Marks. 2006. Litter quality, stream characteristics and litter diversity influence decomposition rates and macroinvertebrates. Freshwater Biology 51:605-617.
39. MacKenzie, R. A., T. N. Wiegner, F. Kinslow, N. Cormier, and A. M. Strauch. 2013. Leaf-litter inputs from an invasive nitrogen-fixing tree influence organic-matter dynamics and nitrogen inputs in a Hawaiian river. Freshwater Science 32: 1036-1052.
40. Makkonen, M., M. P. Berg, I. T. Handa, S. Hättenschwiler, J. van Ruijven, P. M. van Bodegom, and R. Aerts. 2012. Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient. Ecology Letters 15:1033-1041.
41. Martínez, A., A. Larrañaga, J. Pérez, E. Descals, and J. Pozo. 2014. Temperature affects leaf litter decomposition in low order forest streams: field and microcosm approaches. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87:257-267.
42. Masese, F. O., N. Kitaka, J. Kipkemboi, G. M. Gettel, K. Irvine, and M. E. McClain. 2014. Macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in Kenyan highland streams: evidence for a diverse shredder guild. Freshwater Science 33:435-450.
43. Mathuriau, C., and E. Chauvet. 2002. Breakdown of leaf litter in a Neotropical stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21:384-396.
44. Ostrofsky, M. L. 1997. Relationship between chemical characteristics of autumn-shed leaves and aquatic processing rates. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 16: 750-759.
45. Reice, R. C., and K. W. Cummins. 1974. Leaf processing in a woodland stream. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 116:1271-1281.
46. Rincón, N. J., and R. Santelloco. 2009. Aquatic fungi associated with decomposing Ficus sp. leaf litter in a Neotropical stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:416-425.
47. Sinsabaugh, R. L., D. L. Moorhead, and A. E. Linkins. 1994. The enzymic basis of plant litter decomposition: emergence of an ecological process. Applied Soil Ecology 1:97-111.
48. Sinsabaugh, R. L., and J. J. F. Shah. 2012. Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry and ecological theory. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 43:313-343.
49. Slik, J. W. F., A. D. Poulsen, P. S. Ashton, C. H. Cannon, K. A. O. Kartawinata, I. Lanniari, H. Nagamasu, M. Nakagawa, M. G. L. Van Nieuwstadt, J. Payne, A. P. Saridan, K. Sidiyasa, R. W. Verburg, C. O. Webb, and P. Wilkie. 2003. A floristic analysis of the lowland dipterocarp forests of Borneo. Journal of Biogeography 30:1517-1531.
50. Talbot, J. M., and K. K. Treseder. 2012. Interactions among lignin, cellulose, and nitrogen drive litter chemistry-decay relationships. Ecology 93:345-354.
51. Tanner, E. V. J., P. M. Vitousek, and E. Cuevas. 1998. Experimental investigation of nutrient limitation of forest growth on wet tropical mountains. Ecology 79:10-22.
52. Taylor, B. R., and E. Chauvet. 2014. Relative influence of shredders and fungi on leaf litter decomposition along a river altitudinal gradient. Hydrobiologia 721:239-250.
53. Wantzen, K. M., C. M. Yule, J. M. Mathooko, and C. M. Pringle. 2008. Organic matter processing in tropical streams. Pages 43-63 in D. Dudgeon (editor). Tropical stream ecology. Elsevier, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
54. Webster, J. R., and J. L. Meyer. 1997. Stream organic matter budgets. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 16:3-161.
55. Wright, M. S., and A. P. Covich. 2005. Relative importance of bacteria and fungi in a tropical headwater stream: leaf decomposition and invertebrate feeding preference. Microbial Ecology 49:536-546.
56. Yule, C. M. 1996. Trophic relationships and food webs of the benthic invertebrate fauna of two aseasonal streams on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Tropical Ecology 12:517-534.
57. Yule, C. M., M. Y. Leong, K. C. Liew, L. Ratnarajah, K. Schmidt, H. M. Wong, R. G. Pearson, and L. Boyero. 2009. Shredders in Malaysia: abundance and richness are higher in cool upland tropical streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:404-415.
58. Yule, C. M., and H. S. Yong (editors). 2004. Freshwater invertebrates of the Malaysian region. Academy of Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
59. Zhang, D., D. Hui, Y. Luo, and G. Zhou. 2008. Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors. Journal of Plant Ecology 1:85-93.