Role of physical fragmentation and invertebrate activity in the breakdown rate of leaves

By Verónica Ferreira, M. Graça, J. Lima, R. Gomes. 2006

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Leaf-litter breakdown in 3 streams in temperate, Mediterranean, and tropical Cerrado climates (2006, background): “We can not rule out this factor, but Ferreira et al. (2006) reported that current velocities up to 1.2 m/s have a minor role in litter fragmentation in laboratory channels and in temperate streams, probably because leaves are protected inside the coarse-mesh bags.”
Early stages of leaf decomposition are mediated by aquatic fungi in the hyporheic zone of woodland streams (2010, unknown): “1999), with the study by Ferreira et al. (2006) being an exception.”
Diversity and activity of aquatic fungi under low oxygen conditions (2009, background): “…leaves can account for up to 18% of leaf mass (Ferreira, Gulis & Graça, 2006a; Gulis, Ferreira & Graça, 2006) and a large proportion of their production is allocated to asexual reproduction (Gessner & Chauvet, 1994), with up to 7% of leaf mass incorporated into spores (Ferreira et al., 2006a).”
Leaf decomposition and invertebrate colonization responses to manipulated litter quantity in streams (2008, background): “…hydraulic conditions in experimental stream channels have shown that litter mass loss does not differ between coarse-mesh and fine-mesh litter bags when shredders are absent, but it does differ significantly between the 2 types of litter bags when shredders are present (Ferreira et al. 2006).”
Effects of litter diversity on decomposition and biological colonization of submerged litter in temperate and tropical streams (2012, background): “Physical abrasion probably was a secondary factor affecting litter decomposition in both streams because current velocity was within the values reported by Ferreira et al. (2006a) as contributing little to mass loss.”