FLOW AND RETENTION OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC-MATTER IN RIPARIAN FLUVIAL HABITATS UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMATES

Authors
CHERGUI H PATTEE E
Citation
H. Chergui et E. Pattee, FLOW AND RETENTION OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC-MATTER IN RIPARIAN FLUVIAL HABITATS UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMATES, Hydrobiologia, 251(1-3), 1993, pp. 137-142
Citations number
30
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
251
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
137 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1993)251:1-3<137:FAROPO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The flow and retention of particulate organic matter were compared in two fluvial systems under different climates: the French upper Rhone ( temperate climate) and the lower Moulouya in Morocco (Mediterranean cl imate). In both systems, a breakdown gradient was observed. This gradi ent was correlated with water motion, oxygen content, richness in hyph omycete species and occurrence of their mycelia and spores on submerge d leaves, invertebrate density and consumption by shredders.