The processes and biomass that characterize any ecosystem are fundamentally constrained
by the total amount of energy that is either fixed within or delivered across its boundaries …

The role of allochthonous organic matter in lotic ecosystems has been an important research
topic among aquatic ecologists since the seminal work by Lindeman was published in 1942 …

Leaves entering low order streams are subject to physical abrasion, microbial degradation
and invertebrate fragmentation. Aquatic invertebrates feeding on leaves are known as …

Interest in connectivity has increased in the aquatic sciences, partly because of its relevance
to the Clean Water Act. This paper has two objectives:(1) provide a framework to understand …

Recently, much attention has been focused on insecticides as a group of chemicals
combining high toxicity to invertebrates and fishes with low application rates, which …

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 …

We examined the importance of terrestrial detrital inputs to secondary productivity of a
headwater stream. Following a year of pretreatment studies on two headwater streams, we …

There is a paucity of large-scale field investigations on the effects of organic toxicants on
stream macroinvertebrate community structure and ecosystem functions. We investigated a …

Studies of the effects of cross‐habitat resource subsidies have been a feature of food web
ecology over the past decade. To date, most studies have focused on demonstrating the …

Headwater streams make up a large proportion of the total length and watershed area of
fluvial networks, and are partially characterized by the large volume of organic matter (large …