Litter breakdown and invertebrate association with three types of leaves in a temperate rainforest stream

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-325

  Richardson, John S ^a   Shaughnessy, Christel R ^a,b   Harrison, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Conifer; Decomposition; Detritus; Invertebrates; Streams

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RAINFOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; RIPARIA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 9644267393     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0159-0309     Document Type: Article

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