Shredder abundance and leaf breakdown in an Appalachian Mountain stream. Benfield, E. Freshwater Biology, 1985. abstract bibtex Breakdown rates of dogwood, red maple and white oak leaves were investigated at two first-order and two second-order sites in an Appalachian Mountain stream. Leaves exposed in mesh bags were sampled on eight occasions over a 207-day period and breakdown rates were compared using an exponential decay model. There was a consistent ranking in leaf breakdown rate within each site, i.e., dogwood \textgreater red maple \textgreater white oak, and all species broke down faster at second-order than at first-order sites. Our data suggest that differences in species-specific leaf breakdown rates were largely a function of shredder abundance on the leaves.
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title = {Shredder abundance and leaf breakdown in an {Appalachian} {Mountain} stream.},
volume = {15},
abstract = {Breakdown rates of dogwood, red maple and white oak leaves were investigated at two first-order and two second-order sites in an Appalachian Mountain stream. Leaves exposed in mesh bags were sampled on eight occasions over a 207-day period and breakdown rates were compared using an exponential decay model. There was a consistent ranking in leaf breakdown rate within each site, i.e., dogwood {\textgreater} red maple {\textgreater} white oak, and all species broke down faster at second-order than at first-order sites. Our data suggest that differences in species-specific leaf breakdown rates were largely a function of shredder abundance on the leaves.},
journal = {Freshwater Biology},
author = {Benfield, E.F.},
year = {1985},
keywords = {CWT}
}
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