Litter decomposition as an indicator of stream ecosystem functioning at local-to-continental scales insights from the European RivFunction project

• Published in: Advances in Ecological Research Vol. 55; p. 99
• Main Authors: Chauvet, Eric, Ferreira, V., Giller, P. S., McKie, B. G., Tiegs, S. D., Woodward, G., Elosegi, A., Dobson, M., Fleituch, T., Graca, M. A. S., Gulis, V., Hladyz, S., Lacoursière, Jean O., Lecerf, A., Pozo, J., Preda, E., Riipinen, M., RisŸnoveanu, G., Vadineanu, A., Vought, Lena B. M., Gessner, M. O.
• Format: Book Chapter Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Series: Advances in Ecological Research
• Subjects: Annan biologi; Biologi; Biological Sciences; Ecology; Ekologi; Natural sciences; Naturvetenskap; Other Biological Topics

RivFunction is a pan-European initiative that started in 2002 and was aimed at establishing a novel functional-based approach to assessing the ecological status of rivers. Litter decomposition was chosen as the focal process because it plays a central role in stream ecosystems and is easy to study i...