The trophic state of many streams is likely to deteriorate in the future due to the continuing
increase in human‐induced nutrient availability. Therefore, it is of fundamental importance to …

Streams and rivers provide important services to humans, and therefore, their ecological
integrity should be a societal goal. Although ecological integrity encompasses structural and …

Microbes play an important role in decomposition of macrophytes in shallow lakes, and the
process can be greatly affected by bacteria–fungi interactions in response to material …

Despite predicted global warming, the temperature effects on headwater stream functioning
are poorly understood. We studied these effects on microbial-mediated leaf decomposition …

RivFunction is a pan-European initiative that started in 2002 and was aimed at establishing
a novel functional-based approach to assessing the ecological status of rivers. Litter …

Organic matter decomposition and ecosystem metabolism have been suggested as
promising functional indicators of stream ecosystem integrity, but tests of their applicability to …

Terrestrial plant litter is the main source of energy for food webs in forest headwater streams.
Leaf litter quality often changes when native tree species are replaced by exotic ones and …

The average annual temperature, precipitation, and evaporation patterns are some of the
characteristics which indicate to a globe where climate is rapidly changing. It remains …

Abstract Knowledge of aquatic microbes involved in macrophyte leaf litter decomposition is
still scarce in freshwater lakes. In situ experiments (150 days) were conducted to study the …

Many forested headwater streams are heterotrophic ecosystems in which allochthonous
inputs of plant litter are a major source of energy. Leaves of riparian vegetation entering the …