Nature Communications (Jun 2021)
Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics
- Luz Boyero,
- Naiara López-Rojo,
- Alan M. Tonin,
- Javier Pérez,
- Francisco Correa-Araneda,
- Richard G. Pearson,
- Jaime Bosch,
- Ricardo J. Albariño,
- Sankarappan Anbalagan,
- Leon A. Barmuta,
- Ana Basaguren,
- Francis J. Burdon,
- Adriano Caliman,
- Marcos Callisto,
- Adolfo R. Calor,
- Ian C. Campbell,
- Bradley J. Cardinale,
- J. Jesús Casas,
- Ana M. Chará-Serna,
- Eric Chauvet,
- Szymon Ciapała,
- Checo Colón-Gaud,
- Aydeé Cornejo,
- Aaron M. Davis,
- Monika Degebrodt,
- Emerson S. Dias,
- María E. Díaz,
- Michael M. Douglas,
- Andrea C. Encalada,
- Ricardo Figueroa,
- Alexander S. Flecker,
- Tadeusz Fleituch,
- Erica A. García,
- Gabriela García,
- Pavel E. García,
- Mark O. Gessner,
- Jesús E. Gómez,
- Sergio Gómez,
- Jose F. Gonçalves,
- Manuel A. S. Graça,
- Daniel C. Gwinn,
- Robert O. Hall,
- Neusa Hamada,
- Cang Hui,
- Daichi Imazawa,
- Tomoya Iwata,
- Samuel K. Kariuki,
- Andrea Landeira-Dabarca,
- Kelsey Laymon,
- María Leal,
- Richard Marchant,
- Renato T. Martins,
- Frank O. Masese,
- Megan Maul,
- Brendan G. McKie,
- Adriana O. Medeiros,
- Charles M. M’ Erimba,
- Jen A. Middleton,
- Silvia Monroy,
- Timo Muotka,
- Junjiro N. Negishi,
- Alonso Ramírez,
- John S. Richardson,
- José Rincón,
- Juan Rubio-Ríos,
- Gisele M. dos Santos,
- Romain Sarremejane,
- Fran Sheldon,
- Augustine Sitati,
- Nathalie S. D. Tenkiano,
- Scott D. Tiegs,
- Janine R. Tolod,
- Michael Venarsky,
- Anne Watson,
- Catherine M. Yule
Affiliations
- Luz Boyero
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
- Naiara López-Rojo
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
- Alan M. Tonin
- Department of Ecology, University of Brasília (UnB)
- Javier Pérez
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
- Francisco Correa-Araneda
- Instituto Iberoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Autonoma de Chile
- Richard G. Pearson
- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University
- Jaime Bosch
- Research Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC, UO, PA), Oviedo University
- Ricardo J. Albariño
- INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue - CONICET)
- Sankarappan Anbalagan
- Government Arts College, Melur
- Leon A. Barmuta
- Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania
- Ana Basaguren
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
- Francis J. Burdon
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Adriano Caliman
- Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
- Marcos Callisto
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Adolfo R. Calor
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia
- Ian C. Campbell
- Rhithroecology Pty Ltd.
- Bradley J. Cardinale
- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State University
- J. Jesús Casas
- Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería
- Ana M. Chará-Serna
- Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria (CIPAV)
- Eric Chauvet
- Laboratoire Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse, CNRS
- Szymon Ciapała
- Faculty of Tourism and Leisure, University of Physical Education
- Checo Colón-Gaud
- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University
- Aydeé Cornejo
- Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Laboratory Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (COZEM-ICGES)
- Aaron M. Davis
- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University
- Monika Degebrodt
- Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Emerson S. Dias
- Graduate Program in Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
- María E. Díaz
- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Católica de Temuco
- Michael M. Douglas
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Andrea C. Encalada
- Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- Ricardo Figueroa
- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción
- Alexander S. Flecker
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
- Tadeusz Fleituch
- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Erica A. García
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
- Gabriela García
- Water Laboratory and Physicochemical Services (LASEF), Autonomous University of Chiriqui
- Pavel E. García
- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
- Mark O. Gessner
- Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Jesús E. Gómez
- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Puerto Rico
- Sergio Gómez
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
- Jose F. Gonçalves
- Department of Ecology, University of Brasília (UnB)
- Manuel A. S. Graça
- Department of Life Sciences and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Coimbra
- Daniel C. Gwinn
- Biometric Research
- Robert O. Hall
- Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana
- Neusa Hamada
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia–INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade–COBIO
- Cang Hui
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University
- Daichi Imazawa
- Integrated Graduate School of Medicine, Engineering, and Agricultural Sciences, University of Yamanashi
- Tomoya Iwata
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi
- Samuel K. Kariuki
- Egerton University
- Andrea Landeira-Dabarca
- Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- Kelsey Laymon
- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University
- María Leal
- Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Ecología Fluvial, Universidad del Zulia
- Richard Marchant
- Department of Entomology, Museums Victoria
- Renato T. Martins
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia–INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade–COBIO
- Frank O. Masese
- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, University of Eldoret
- Megan Maul
- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University
- Brendan G. McKie
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Adriana O. Medeiros
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia
- Charles M. M’ Erimba
- Egerton University
- Jen A. Middleton
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
- Silvia Monroy
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
- Timo Muotka
- INRAE, UR-RiverLy, Centre de Lyon‐Villeurbanne
- Junjiro N. Negishi
- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University
- Alonso Ramírez
- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University
- John S. Richardson
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia
- José Rincón
- Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Ecología Fluvial, Universidad del Zulia
- Juan Rubio-Ríos
- Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería
- Gisele M. dos Santos
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Romain Sarremejane
- INRAE, UR-RiverLy, Centre de Lyon‐Villeurbanne
- Fran Sheldon
- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
- Augustine Sitati
- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, University of Eldoret
- Nathalie S. D. Tenkiano
- Université Julius N’Yerere de Kankan
- Scott D. Tiegs
- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University
- Janine R. Tolod
- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University
- Michael Venarsky
- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
- Anne Watson
- Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania
- Catherine M. Yule
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23930-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
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.
