Salinity Affects Freshwater Invertebrate Traits and Litter Decomposition

Salinity Affects Freshwater Invertebrate Traits and Litter Decomposition

We evaluated the effect of seawater intrusion in coastal ecosystems on the freshwater invertebrate community and on leaf litter decomposition under realistic scenarios in six outdoor freshwater mesocosms containing fauna and flora, to which increasing volumes of seawater were added. The resulting sa...

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Main Authors: Manuela Abelho, Rui Ribeiro, Matilde Moreira-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
freshwater invertebrates
invertebrate traits
litter decomposition
mesocosms
primary salinization
seawater intrusion
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/11/599

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