Food webs in tropical Australian streams: shredders are not scarce

By K. Cheshire, L. Boyero, Richard G. Pearson. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Detritus processing by invertebrate shredders: a neotropical–temperate comparison (2006, background): “However, shredders are not scarce in tropical Australian streams (Cheshire et al. 2005).”
Biodiversity, functional roles and ecosystem services of groundwater invertebrates (2008, background): “Although their functional significance varies between streams (Cheshire et al. 2005), numerous field and laboratory experiments have demonstrated how environmental factors such as leaf species, diversity and chemical composition, flow, water quality and human impacts affect the diversity, abundance…”
Are tropical streams really different? (2009, background): “Cheshire et al. (2005) demonstrated that some tropical forest streams function in a way similar to that of their temperate equivalents.”
A conceptual model of litter breakdown in low order streams (2015, unknown): “, 2008), the Australian wet tropics (Cheshire et al., 2005; Camacho et al., 2009), Hong Kong (Li and Li, 1996), Malaysia (Yule et al.”
Leaf-litter breakdown in 3 streams in temperate, Mediterranean, and tropical Cerrado climates (2006, background): “Shredders also are often rare or absent in some tropical systems (Mathuriau and Chauvet 2002, Mouton and Magalhães 2003, but see Cheshire et al. 2005).”
Macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in Kenyan highland streams: evidence for a diverse shredder guild (2014, methodology): “…Tumwesigye et al. 2000, Dobson et al. 2002, Masese et al. 2009b; Hong Kong: Li and Dudgeon 2008; Papua New Guinea: Yule 1996), but others have reported diverse shredder assemblages (Australia: Cheshire et al. 2005; Malaysia: Yule et al. 2009, Salmah et al. 2013; Panama: Camacho et al. 2009).”
Litter decomposition in a Cerrado savannah stream is retarded by leaf toughness, low dissolved nutrients and a low density of shredders (2007, background): “However, it should be recognised that the ecology of the freshwater invertebrates of Cerrado is virtually unknown and that genera or families may differ in their trophic ecology across ecosystems with generalist strategies possibly selected for more strongly in the tropics (e.g. Cheshire, Boyero & ”
Effects of litter diversity on decomposition and biological colonization of submerged litter in temperate and tropical streams (2012, methodology): “This result supports the claim that the abundance of invertebrates, and shredders in particular, in some tropical streams is at the level found in temperate streams (Cheshire et al. 2005, Encalada et al. 2010).”
Shredders in Malaysia: abundance and richness are higher in cool upland tropical streams (2009, background): “…Bougainville Island: Yule 1996a, b, Hong Kong: Dudgeon and Wu 1999, Kenya: Dobson et al. 2002, Colombia: Mathuriau and Chauvet 2002, Brazil: Gonçalves et al. 2006), but recent reports indicate that this pattern is not ubiquitous (e.g., Australia: Cheshire et al. 2005, Panama: Camacho et al. 2009).”