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Effects of Temperature, Rainfall, and Fauna on Transfer of ^(137)CS, K, MG, and Mass in Consumer‐Decomposer Microcosms
Author(s) -
Witkamp Martin,
Frank Marilyn L.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1935381
Subject(s) - microcosm , litter , plant litter , leaching (pedology) , chemistry , zoology , humus , millipede , leachate , ecology , soil water , environmental chemistry , environmental science , ecosystem , agronomy , biology
Microcosms containing leaf litter, sand, and three, six, or nine millipedes were incubated for 14 weeks at either 5°, 15°, or 25°C under three rates of simulated rainfall. Effects of temperature, rate of leaching, and millipede density on transfer of ( 137)Cs, K, Mg, and mass and on evolution of CO 2 were analyzed statistically and by analog computer simulation. Loss rates from litter increased in the order: Mg < mass < ( 137)Cs