A whole-ecosystem experiment reveals flow-induced shifts in a stream community

Daniela Rosero-López; M. Todd Walter; Alexander S. Flecker; Bert De Bièvre; Rafael Osorio; Dunia González-Zeas; Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié; Olivier Dangles

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03345-5

Communications Biology (May 2022)

A whole-ecosystem experiment reveals flow-induced shifts in a stream community

Daniela Rosero-López,
M. Todd Walter,
Alexander S. Flecker,
Bert De Bièvre,
Rafael Osorio,
Dunia González-Zeas,
Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié,
Olivier Dangles

Affiliations

Daniela Rosero-López: Soil and Water Lab, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
M. Todd Walter: Soil and Water Lab, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Alexander S. Flecker: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Bert De Bièvre: Fondo para la Protección del Agua FONAG
Rafael Osorio: Gerencia de Ambiente e Hidrología, Empresa Pública de Agua Potable y Saneamiento EPMAPS
Dunia González-Zeas: Université de Montpellier, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175, CNRS, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, IRD
Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié: INRAE, UR RIVERLY, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne
Olivier Dangles: Université de Montpellier, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175, CNRS, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, IRD

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03345-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Experimental stream manipulation in a mountain river system in the tropical Andes initiates a regime shift of benthic cyanobacteria. This whole-ecosystem experiment in conjunction with a global synthesis reveal regime shift tipping points dependent upon freshwater streamflow.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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