This paper is a review of recent (< or= 10 years) information on litterfall, standing stock of
benthic organic matter, breakdown rates, and fungal colonization of organic matter in …

Linking species and ecosystems is currently one of the great challenges in ecology. To this
end, we assess here the contributions of bacteria, fungi, and detritivorous invertebrates …

We examined the relative importance of litter quality and stream characteristics in
determining decomposition rate and the macroinvertebrate assemblage living on autumn …

Climate change is one of the main challenges that human societies are currently facing.
Given that forests represent major natural carbon sinks in terrestrial ecosystems …

To assess whether the reported slow breakdown of litter in tropical Cerrado streams is due
to local environmental conditions or to the intrinsic leaf characteristics of local plant species …

The objectives of our study were to assess leaf-litter breakdown in 3 streams in 3 climates
and to determine the contributions of associated microbial and invertebrate communities to …

Dissolved nutrients and temperature tend to increase in a downstream direction, whereas
shredder density tends to decrease. As a result, the relative importance of microbes …

Stream ecosystems can be strongly influenced by land use within watersheds. The extent of
this influence may depend on the spatial distribution of developed land and the scale at …

The objectives of this study were to investigate leaf breakdown in two reaches of different
magnitudes, one of a 3rd (closed riparian vegetation) order and the other of a 4th (open …

Mountaintop removal and valley fill (MTR/VF) coal mining has altered the landscape of the
Central Appalachian region in the USA. Among the changes are large-scale topographic …