Boyero, Luz and Lopez-Rojo, Naiara and Tonin, Alan M. and Perez, Javier and Correa-Araneda, Francisco and Pearson, Richard G. and Bosch, Jaime and Albarino, Ricardo J. and Anbalagan, Sankarappan and Barmuta, Leon A. and Basaguren, Ana and Burdon, Francis and Caliman, Adriano and Callisto, Marcos and Calor, Adolfo R. and Campbell, Ian C. and Cardinale, Bradley J. and Jesus Casas, J. and Chara-Serna, Ana M. and Chauvet, Eric and Ciapala, Szymon and Colon-Gaud, Checo and Cornejo, Aydee and Davis, Aaron M. and Degebrodt, Monika and Dias, Emerson S. and Diaz, Maria E. and Douglas, Michael M. and Encalada, Andrea C. and Figueroa, Ricardo and Flecker, Alexander S. and Fleituch, Tadeusz and Garcia, Erica A. and Garcia, Gabriela and Garcia, Pavel E. and Gessner, Mark O. and Gómez, Jesús E. and Gomez, Sergio and Goncalves, Jose F. and Graca, Manuel A. S. and Gwinn, Daniel C. and Hall, Robert O. and Hamada, Neusa and Hui, Cang and Imazawa, Daichi and Iwata, Tomoya and Kariuki, Samuel K. and Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea and Laymon, Kelsey and Leal, Maria and Marchant, Richard and Martins, Renato T. and Masese, Frank O. and Maul, Megan and McKie, Brendan G. and Medeiros, Adriana O. and Erimba, Charles M. M' and Middleton, Jen A. and Monroy, Silvia and Muotka, Timo and Negishi, Junjiro N. and Ramirez, Alonso and Richardson, John S. and Rincon, Jose and Rubio-Rios, Juan and dos Santos, Gisele M. and Sarremejane, Romain and Sheldon, Fran and Sitati, Augustine and Tenkiano, Nathalie S. D. and Tiegs, Scott D. and Tolod, Janine R. and Venarsky, Michael and Watson, Anne and Yule, Catherine M.
(2021).
Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics.
Nature Communications. 12
, 3700
[Research article]
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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 diversity enhances litter decomposition in streams, to establish the role of other characteristics of detritivore assemblages (abundance, biomass and body size), and to determine how patterns vary across realms, biomes and climates. We observed a positive relationship between diversity and decomposition, strongest in tropical areas, and a key role of abundance and biomass at higher latitudes. Our results suggest that litter decomposition might be altered by detritivore extinctions, particularly in tropical areas, where detritivore diversity is already relatively low and some environmental stressors particularly prevalent. It is unclear whether stream detritivore diversity enhances decomposition across climates. Here the authors manipulate litter diversity and examine detritivore assemblages in a globally distributed stream litterbag experiment, finding a positive diversity-decomposition relationship stronger in tropical streams, where detritivore diversity is lower.
| Authors/Creators: | Boyero, Luz and Lopez-Rojo, Naiara and Tonin, Alan M. and Perez, Javier and Correa-Araneda, Francisco and Pearson, Richard G. and Bosch, Jaime and Albarino, Ricardo J. and Anbalagan, Sankarappan and Barmuta, Leon A. and Basaguren, Ana and Burdon, Francis and Caliman, Adriano and Callisto, Marcos and Calor, Adolfo R. and Campbell, Ian C. and Cardinale, Bradley J. and Jesus Casas, J. and Chara-Serna, Ana M. and Chauvet, Eric and Ciapala, Szymon and Colon-Gaud, Checo and Cornejo, Aydee and Davis, Aaron M. and Degebrodt, Monika and Dias, Emerson S. and Diaz, Maria E. and Douglas, Michael M. and Encalada, Andrea C. and Figueroa, Ricardo and Flecker, Alexander S. and Fleituch, Tadeusz and Garcia, Erica A. and Garcia, Gabriela and Garcia, Pavel E. and Gessner, Mark O. and Gómez, Jesús E. and Gomez, Sergio and Goncalves, Jose F. and Graca, Manuel A. S. and Gwinn, Daniel C. and Hall, Robert O. and Hamada, Neusa and Hui, Cang and Imazawa, Daichi and Iwata, Tomoya and Kariuki, Samuel K. and Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea and Laymon, Kelsey and Leal, Maria and Marchant, Richard and Martins, Renato T. and Masese, Frank O. and Maul, Megan and McKie, Brendan G. and Medeiros, Adriana O. and Erimba, Charles M. M' and Middleton, Jen A. and Monroy, Silvia and Muotka, Timo and Negishi, Junjiro N. and Ramirez, Alonso and Richardson, John S. and Rincon, Jose and Rubio-Rios, Juan and dos Santos, Gisele M. and Sarremejane, Romain and Sheldon, Fran and Sitati, Augustine and Tenkiano, Nathalie S. D. and Tiegs, Scott D. and Tolod, Janine R. and Venarsky, Michael and Watson, Anne and Yule, Catherine M. | ||||||
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| Title: | Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics | ||||||
| Series Name/Journal: | Nature Communications | ||||||
| Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
| Volume: | 12 | ||||||
| Article number: | 3700 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||||
| Publisher: | NATURE RESEARCH | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 | ||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||
| Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
| Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
| Version: | Published version | ||||||
| Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
| Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 105 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences > Geochemistry | ||||||
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-113116 | ||||||
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-113116 | ||||||
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| ID Code: | 25479 | ||||||
| Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
| Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment | ||||||
| Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 22 Sep 2021 11:24 | ||||||
| Metadata Last Modified: | 22 Sep 2021 11:31 |
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