Sentence examples for leaf detritus from inspiring English sources
Termites elsewhere farm fungus on leaf detritus, but there are no known fungus-growing termite species in South America.
The objective of this study was to examine changes in the structure and composition of the Chironomidae community in decomposing E. azurea leaf detritus and its role in the decomposition of organic matter.
Chironomidae associated with E. azurea leaf detritus and their respective biotic were related to Barbosa Lake environmental variables, by means of simple correlation matrix/Spearman correlation coefficient, using Statistica 7 (Statsoft 2009) software.
Density (ind.100 g DM−1) was calculated from the total abundance of Chironomidae in the remaining ash-free dry mass of E. azurea leaf detritus from each of the seven sampling periods.
The similarity in Chironomidae density and composition (presence or absence) between leaf detritus samples on successive sampling days was tested by Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling analysis (NMDS) using the Bray Curtis dissimilarity coefficient.
For the ecological attributes of the invertebrate community and variables determined for the E. azurea leaf detritus, only the total nitrogen in detritus showed no significant changes over time (Kruskal Wallis: H = 10.974; p = 0.089).
The capacity of Chironomids to adapt their feeding strategy to their habitat (Reuss et al. 2014) affirms that Endotribelos sp. individuals observed in the present study may have fed on both fine and coarse particulate organic matter from E. azurea leaf fragmentation detritus.
Galizzi and Marchese (2007) reported that Endotribelos sp. are also shredders and accelerate the decomposition process, as they are observed in high abundances forming miners in detritus leaf mesophyll.
Their leaf litter and detritus enters the marine food web.
Microbes grow on the leaf litter and other detritus, and mosquitoes such as C. pipiens browse substrate or filter water for microbes and detritus [ 23].
Mycena cinerella is a saprobic fungus, and derives nutrients by decomposing leaf litter and similar detritus, converting it to humus and mineralizing organic matter in the soil.
