Functional importance of freshwater amphipods in the leaf litter recycling process: the role of leaf litter characteristics

Christophe Piscart (1) , Laura Pellan (1) , Sara Puijalon (2) , Mathieu Santonja (3, 1)

1 ECOBIO - Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes]
2 LEHNA - Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés
3 IMBE - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale

Impact of leaf characteristics on the keystone amphipod species for litter decomposition process.

Keywords: Terrestrial inputs; riparian trees; biomechanical structures; chemical composition

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology

Christophe Piscart, Laura Pellan, Sara Puijalon, Mathieu Santonja. Functional importance of freshwater amphipods in the leaf litter recycling process: the role of leaf litter characteristics. Biodiversity Journal, 2017, 8 (2), pp.429-430. ⟨hal-03049201⟩