Peter RileyJul 12, 2024

A colourful fluffy #coot chick swims in a lake near #Rottweil, Germany.
Photograph: Silas Stein

A blue-coloured #treefrog, normally known for its green colour, holds on to a leaf in the #Karacabey district of #Bursa, Turkey
Photograph: Anadolu

A rose #chafer beetle often seen on flowers; they’re a #detritivore - feeds on dead and decaying matter and recycle its nutrients - which makes a helpful addition to any #compost.
Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine

Hydrooos 🌍🏞️🌱🔍💧💧🐟🪱🦠Jul 11, 2024

Functional diversity of shredders, not species richness, drives the decomposition rate of leaf litter in ponds

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1286672/full
#Freshwater #Ecology #Hydrobiology #Rivers #StreamEcology #detritivore #BodySize

Frontiers | Functional diversity of shredders, not species richness, drives the decomposition rate of leaf litter in ponds

Leaf litter decomposition is a critical ecosystem-level process in many freshwater habitats. Although ponds are likely to derive a large proportion of their ...

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Colin PurringtonSep 11, 2023
For fun this week I'm going to take apart and clean my Apple Pro keyboard (model A1048) that has been accumulating spewed coffee, crumbs, skin cells, and hair for exactly 20 years. So quick poll, do you think I'll find anything alive? And rest assured, I'm going to post some pics. #nature #detritivore #ecosystems #keyboard #computer #apple #tmi
Yes
85.2%
No
14.8%
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