Items for "detritus"

Abundance of thraustochytrids on fallen decaying leaves of Kandelia candel and mangrove sediments in Futian National Nature Reserve, China

Thraustochytrids are important mangrove decomposers on decaying cellulose-rich materials such as macroalgae and mangrove leaves, yet their distribution patterns on decaying mangrove leaves and in surface sediments have never been analyzed systematically...

Keywords: Decomposition, detritus, fatty acids, food-web, mangroves, thraustochytrids