Leaf litter breakdown rates in boreal streams: does shredder species richness matter?
1. Leaf litter breakdown rates were assessed in 23 boreal streams of varying size (first–seventh order) in central and northern Sweden. 2. Shredders were most abundant in small streams, while shredder species richness showed a hump‐shaped relationship with stream order, with most species in fourth o...
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crwiley:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00655.x 2024-06-02T08:12:09+00:00 Leaf litter breakdown rates in boreal streams: does shredder species richness matter? Jonsson, Micael Malmqvist, Björn Hoffsten, Per‐Ola 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00655.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2427.2001.00655.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00655.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Freshwater Biology volume 46, issue 2, page 161-171 ISSN 0046-5070 1365-2427 journal-article 2001 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00655.x 2024-05-03T10:59:20Z 1. Leaf litter breakdown rates were assessed in 23 boreal streams of varying size (first–seventh order) in central and northern Sweden. 2. Shredders were most abundant in small streams, while shredder species richness showed a hump‐shaped relationship with stream order, with most species in fourth order streams. 3. In a partial least‐squares regression analysis, year, water temperature, shredder species richness and shredder abundance were those factors correlating most strongly with leaf breakdown rates. Shredder species richness was more strongly correlated with leaf litter breakdown rates than shredder abundance, and shredder biomass showed no such correlation. 4. These data suggest that shredder species richness is an important variable in terms of leaf litter dynamics in streams. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Wiley Online Library Freshwater Biology 46 2 161 171 |
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1. Leaf litter breakdown rates were assessed in 23 boreal streams of varying size (first–seventh order) in central and northern Sweden. 2. Shredders were most abundant in small streams, while shredder species richness showed a hump‐shaped relationship with stream order, with most species in fourth order streams. 3. In a partial least‐squares regression analysis, year, water temperature, shredder species richness and shredder abundance were those factors correlating most strongly with leaf breakdown rates. Shredder species richness was more strongly correlated with leaf litter breakdown rates than shredder abundance, and shredder biomass showed no such correlation. 4. These data suggest that shredder species richness is an important variable in terms of leaf litter dynamics in streams. |
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Leaf litter breakdown rates in boreal streams: does shredder species richness matter? |
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Leaf litter breakdown rates in boreal streams: does shredder species richness matter? |
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Leaf litter breakdown rates in boreal streams: does shredder species richness matter? |
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