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Elevated temperature may reduce functional but not taxonomic diversity of funga...
Fenoy, Encarnación; Pradhan, Arunava; Pascoal, Cláudia; Rubio-Ríos, Juan; Batista, Daniela Miranda; Moyano-López, Francisco J.; Cássio, FernandaMounting evidence points to a linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (B-EF). Global drivers, such as warming and nutrient enrichment, can alter species richness and composition of aquatic fungal assemblages associated with leaf-litter decomposition, a key ecosystem process in headwater streams. However, effects of biodiversity changes on ecosystem functions might be countered by the presumed hig...
Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in...
Boyero, Luz; López-Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Pérez, Javier; Correa-Araneda, Francisco; Pearson, Richard G.; Bosch, Jaime; Albariño, Ricardo J.The relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence has come mostly from local studies and microcosm experiments. We conducted a globally distributed experiment (38 streams across 23 countries in 6 continents) using standardised methods to test the hypothesis that detritivore diversit...
Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition
Boyero, Luz; Pérez, Javier; López-Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Correa-Araneda, Francisco; Pearson, Richard G.; Bosch, Jaime; Albariño, Ricardo J.Running waters contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes through decomposition of terrestrial plant litter by aquatic microorganisms and detritivores. Diversity of this litter may influence instream decomposition globally in ways that are not yet understood. We investigated latitudinal differences in decomposition of litter mixtures of low and high functional diversity in 40 streams on 6 continents and s...