Leaf litter breakdown rates in boreal streams: does shredder species richness matter?

By M. Jonsson, B. Malmqvist, Per-Ola Hoffsten. 2001

147 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. M. Graça
2. Verónica Ferreira
3. É. Chauvet
4. M. Callisto
5. J. F. Gonçalves
6. MO Gessner
7. A. Encalada
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In Environmental Chemistry

1. Verónica Ferreira
2. É. Chauvet
3. M. Graça
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In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. M. Graça
2. Verónica Ferreira
3. M. Callisto
4. J. F. Gonçalves
5. É. Chauvet
6. MO Gessner
7. A. Encalada
8. D. Dudgeon

Citations in the corpus

• Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates (2012, methodology): “Data from Maryland (USA) were taken from nine sites randomly selected from 84 described by Swan et al. (2009) and data from Sweden were taken from nine sites randomly selected from 23 described by Jonsson et al. (2001).”
• Detritus processing by invertebrate shredders: a neotropical–temperate comparison (2006, background): “Species richness of shredder assemblages is related to decomposition rates in experimental and field studies in the temperate zone (Jonsson et al. 2001).”
• The functional role of Gammarus(Crustacea, Amphipoda): shredders, predators, or both? (2002, unknown): “That such metrics often do not correlate with leaf material quality, quantity or decomposition rates suggests that perceived FFGs are inaccurate (see also Mihuc 1997; Murphy & Giller, 2000; Jonsson et al., 2001).”
• Do woodlice and earthworms interact synergistically in leaf litter decomposition (2005, background): “agree with Cragg & Bardgett (2001) and Jonsson et al. (2001) in that both species richness and species composition will be significant for ecosystem function.”
• Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects: Spatial Gradients and Environmental Correlates of Assemblage-Level Measures at Large Scales (2009, unknown): “Further attention should thus be given to variation in functional biodiversity across natural environmental gradients, and a simultaneous examination would be of interest into how different functional groups and functional diversity contribute to ecosystem functioning at different parts of environme”
• Biodiversity, functional roles and ecosystem services of groundwater invertebrates (2008, background): “The comparatively fewer studies on the role of animal biodiversity on ecosystem function also indicate increased rates of ecosystem functioning (e.g. productivity, Naeem et al. 1995; organic matter decomposition, Heneghan et al. 1999; Jonsson et al. 2001) associated with increasing species richness.”
• The Ecology of Riffle Beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) (2008, background): “The distribution and amount of organic detritus are probably important for elmid abundance, as for many stream invertebrates (Jonsson et al., 2001; Moore et al., 2004).”
• Grapsid crabs mediate link between mangrove litter production and estuarine planktonic food chains (2005, unknown): “Shredders physically fragment large vascular plant material and return small particulate organic matter, either as a result of ‘sloppy feeding’ or faeces, and thus, promote leaf litter breakdown rates (Jonsson et al. 2001).”