- Title
- Leaf litter decomposition and utilisation by macroinvertebrates in a central Victorian River in Australia
- Creator
- Jmck, Jayawardana; Westbrooke, Martin; Wilson, Michael
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/58501
- Identifier
- vital:3787
- Identifier
- ISSN:0042-5184
- Abstract
- This study suggested that long-term persistence of willow roots can provide a positive effect on aquatic communities until the new native vegetation cover establishes. Leaf type has no significant influence over taxa richness; however their availability and persistence in the system has a significant effect on macroinvertebrate abundance in these streams. A combination of Phragmites reeds with Leptospermum and CalUstemon shrubs in revegetation programs will ensure a persistent supply of leaf litter to macroinvertebrate communities in these streams thus should be retained until native canopy cover eg. Eucalyptus spp. is re-established.
- Publisher
- Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- Relation
- Victorian Naturalist Vol. 127, no. 4 (2010), p. 104-114
- Rights
- Copyright The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 06 Biological Sciences; 05 Environmental Sciences; Eucalyptus; Exotic; Leaf litter; Phragmites; Willow
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