Effects of increased water temperature on leaf litter quality and detritivore…

1. We compared leaf litter conditioning in two artificial stream channels that were connected to a second-order stream (both in- and outflow). The water in one channel had the same temperature as the stream and in the other channel was warmed (3 °C above ambient stream water temperature). In addition to measuring leaf decomposition by microbes, we ran feeding trials in the artificial streams a…