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The breakdown of leaves of poplar and holm oak in three Moroccan streams : effect of burial in the sediment

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Weight loss of leaves of Populus nigra and Quercus ilex was observed in coarse-mesh bags exposed in three watercourses and their sediment (-30 and -50 cm) near the city of Fes. The watercourses were: Oued Sebou (a river), Oued Sidi-Harazem (issuing from a warm spring), and Ain Chkef (a cold spring). Weight loss was faster at the surface than within the sediment. Weight loss was faster in poplar than in the tough holm oak leaves. At all levels, weight loss was fastest in Oued Sebou where the water flowed faster both at the surface and within the coarser sediment. It was slowest in the cold spring. Thus the influence of leaf texture, current velocity, and temperature were stressed.

Source: Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology

DOI: 10.1051/limn/1999035

Authors: B. Naamane, H. Chergui, E. Pattee

Institutions: Lyon 1 Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Language: English

Topic: Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2103343574