Litter breakdown for ecosystem integrity assessment also applies to streams affected by pesticides

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 773, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 87-102

  Magali, Brosed ^a,b   Sylvain, Lamothe ^a   Eric, Chauvet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b ASCONIT Consultants   (France)

Author keywords

Decomposition rate; Fungi; Shredders; SPEARpesticide; Toxic units

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FUNGUS; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM CHANNEL;

ALNUS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84957938806     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-2681-2     Document Type: Article

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