Processing of pine (Pinus sylvestris) and birch (Betula pubescens) leaf material in a small river system in the northern Cairngorms, Scotland

Processing rates, and macroinvertebrate colonisation, of pine needles and birch leaves were studied at eight sites on the river Nethy, a small river system in the Cairngorm region of north-eastern Scotland. Throughout this river system, processing rates were slow for pine (<i>k</i>...

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Main Authors: P. Collen, E. J. Keay, B. R. S. Morrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2004-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/8/567/2004/hess-8-567-2004.pdf