Claim · model-written summary
Leaf consumption was higher at HC than WS.
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Melampus coffeaVerbatim
e0“was dramatically higher at HC compared with WS, reflecting local variation in leaf litter processing rates, primarily by snails ( Melampus coffeus )”
t0“Mangrove Forests”
Title
Restoration of Biogeochemical Function in Mangrove Forests
Karen L. McKee; Patricia L. Faulkner Restoration Ecology 2000. doi:10.1046/j.1526-100x.2000.80036.x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Restoration sites differed structurally from older mixed-basin forests.
- Observation HC resembled natural developing forests.
- Observation WS was less developed and had low structural complexity.
- Association Elevated salinity and waterlogging apparently impaired survival and growth at WS.
- Observation Leaf fall and root production were lower at WS than HC.
- Observation Leaf and root inputs did not differ significantly from reference forests.
- Observation Macrofaunal consumption of leaves did not differ with site history.
- Observation Leaf and root degradation was slow, particularly at WS.
- Association Species differences in leaf nitrogen and degradation suggest slower nutrient recycling in Laguncularia and Rhizophora dominated sites.