Ecosystem Functioning and Community Structure as Indicators for Assessing Environmental Impacts: Leaf Processing and Macroinvertebrates in Atlantic Forest Streams

• Published in: International review of hydrobiology. Vol. 96; no. 6; pp. 656 - 666
• Main Authors: Silva-Junior, Eduardo F., Moulton, Timothy P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.12.2011; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley-VCH
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; aquatic insects; biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; biomonitoring; decomposition; ecosystem integrity; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General forest ecology; Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology; Synecology; Community structure; Forests; aquatic insects; biomonitoring; Insecta; ecosystem integrity; Decomposition; Plant leaf; Biodiversity; Indicator; Biological monitoring; Aquatic environment; Hydrobiology; Arthropoda; Ecosystem; Environment impact; Atlantic Façade; Stream; Ecosystem functioning; Invertebrata; Integrity
• ISSN: 1434-2944; 1522-2632
• DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201111374

Programs for evaluating environmental impacts are often carried out with chemical analyses that are inadequate for evaluating ecological aspects of rivers. In recent times there has been a strong movement towards biomonitoring using indices based on the structure of communities of organisms. Less at...