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Keywords	eucalyptus leaf breakdown, nutrients, ATP concentrations, macroinvertebrates, tropical stream
Abstract	A decomposition experiment using eucalyptus leaves was carried out in a Southeastern Brazilian mountain stream located at the transition between the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest to test whether nutrient addition increases microbial and invertebrate colonisation and accelerates breakdown rates. The results show that none of the tested variables was significantly affected by nutrient addition, despite the average increase in ATP concentrations and invertebrate colonisation observed in the fertilised leaf bags. This could mean that breakdown in the stream was already at its maximum due to the relatively high water temperature and nutrient content, or that the breakdown rate of eucalyptus leaves was too fast to allow the detection of any effects of nutrient addition. Breakdown rates of eucalyptus leaves were much faster than the values reported in literature for most species in Brazilian Cerrado streams, suggesting that the replacement of the natural vegetation by eucalyptus may affect nutrient dynamics in the region.
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Name	Affiliation	Home page	e-mail	Total pubs
Abelho M	Escola Superior Agraria, Instituto Politecnico de Coimbra, CEP 3040-316, Coimbra, Portugal		abelho@esac.pt	1
Callisto M	Departamento de Biologia Geral, Laboratorio de Ecologia de Bentos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, C.P. 486, CEP 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil		callisto@icb.ufmg.br	11
Franca J	Laboratorio de Ecologia de Bentos, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, CP 486, CEP 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil			1
Moretti MS	DiGeoTeCA – Department of Geological Sciences, Chemical and Environmental Technologies, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Campus Scientifico – Sogesta, I-61029 Urbino, Italy			2