Riparian plant litter is a major energy source for forested streams across the world and its
decomposition has repercussions on nutrient cycling, food webs and ecosystem functioning …

Across the Afrotropical ecosystems human activities are increasingly modifying natural flow
regimes, nutrient and organic matter loading and processing in streams and rivers with …

Amazon and Cerrado‐forested streams show natural fluctuations in leaf litter quantity along
the time and space, suggesting a change on litter quality input. These natural fluctuations of …

Abstract Changes in riparian vegetation can alter the input and quality of leaf litter in aquatic
ecosystems, but the effects of these changes on litter fragmentation by invertebrate shredder …

Riparian forests play an important role in stream ecosystems, as they support biodiversity,
reduce water erosion, and provide litter that fuels aquatic biota. However, they are affected …

While most studies evaluating plant species diversity effects on in-stream fungal
decomposers have focused on dominant species, our study simulated different rare species …

Leaf litter fragmentation is one of the main determinants of the availability of food resources
for aquatic biota, and this process is strongly influenced by the retention capacity of streams …

Leaf litter breakdown is an important process in riparian ecosystems, regulated by the
concomitant fluctuations of allochthonous organic matter input (quality and quantity), the …

The high plant richness in riparian zones of tropical forest streams and the relationship with
an input of organic matter in these streams are not well understood. In this study, we …

Deforestation of riparian areas is a major driver of biodiversity loss in aquatic ecosystems.
Thus, we investigated the influence of forest cover and physical and chemical characteristics …