Dean DeNicola, a Slippery Rock University professor of biology, and Nathan Glass, a 2011 SRU graduate with a degree in biology, recently co-wrote an article that was published in the journal Fundamental and Applied Limnology titled “Decomposition properties of three leaf species in a beech-maple forest stream and their potential relationship to long-term changes in forest composition.” The article explores how autumn leaves, which are a major source of energy and nutrients in small streams, may be affected by long-term changes in forest composition.
