Biodiversity and Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams

dc.contributor.authorSwan, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-23T20:20:28Z
dc.date.available2021-07-23T20:20:28Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-01
dc.description.abstractThe main factors influencing litter decomposition in streams are substrate quality, metazoan feeding, microbial activity and environmental context. However, the biodiversity of both resources (litter) and consumers (mostly detritivorous invertebrates) can also influence decomposition, with consequences for stream ecosystem functioning. With regard to leaf litter diversity, in general, decomposition rates increase with litter species richness, but this relationship shifts in response to the environmental context, e.g., nutrient availability in the water column, water flow, and differential shredder feeding rates. Increasing shredder diversity tends to result in faster decomposition rates, due to facilitative and complementarity effects related to intra- vs. interspecific interactions. Multitrophic diversity is studied the least, and justifiably so given the complexities of proper experimental needs. However, available evidence suggests that loss of taxa at multiple trophic levels results in altered rates decomposition compared to those expected from intact food webs.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-72854-0_7en_US
dc.format.extent14 pagesen_US
dc.genrebook chaptersen_US
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dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2r6le-ysx0
dc.identifier.citationSwan C.M. (2021) Biodiversity and Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams. In: Swan C.M., Boyero L., Canhoto C. (eds) The Ecology of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72854-0_7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72854-0_7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/22069
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Geography and Environmental Systems Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.titleBiodiversity and Plant Litter Decomposition in Streamsen_US
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