Extreme temperature events alter stream ecosystem functioning

Extreme climate events can slow down litter breakdown in streams

(2020) Francisco Correa-Araneda et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

Plant diversity loss affects stream ecosystem multifunctionality

(2019) Naiara López‐Rojo et al.   ECOLOGY

Leaf litter identity alters the timing of lotic nutrient dynamics

(2019) Caleb J. Robbins et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Sediment Respiration Pulses in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams

(2019) D. Schiller et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Assessing heat-related health risk in Europe via the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

(2018) Claudia Di Napoli et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Responses of Aquatic Hyphomycetes to Temperature and Nutrient Availability: a Cross-transplantation Experiment

(2018) Javier Pérez et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Warm Arctic episodes linked with increased frequency of extreme winter weather in the United States

(2018) Judah Cohen et al.   Nature Communications

Stream nitrogen concentration, but not plant N-fixing capacity, modulates litter diversity effects on decomposition

(2017) Alan M. Tonin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Reduced North American terrestrial primary productivity linked to anomalous Arctic warming

(2017) Jin-Soo Kim et al.   Nature Geoscience

River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors

(2017) Daniel von Schiller et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Resource-allocation tradeoffs in caddisflies facing multiple stressors

(2017) Francisco Correa-Araneda et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Plant litter dynamics in the forest-stream interface: precipitation is a major control across tropical biomes

(2017) Alan M. Tonin et al.   Scientific Reports

Assessing mid-latitude dynamics in extreme event attribution systems

(2016) Daniel Mitchell et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Seasonal Variability May Affect Microbial Decomposers and Leaf Decomposition More Than Warming in Streams

(2016) Sofia Duarte et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

The impact of cold spells on mortality and effect modification by cold spell characteristics

(2016) Lijun Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Detrital stoichiometry as a critical nexus for the effects of streamwater nutrients on leaf litter breakdown rates

(2015) David W. P. Manning et al.   ECOLOGY

The importance of litter traits and decomposers for litter decomposition: a comparison of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems within and across biomes

(2015) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Tree species diversity mitigates disturbance impacts on the forest carbon cycle

(2014) Mariana Silva Pedro et al.   OECOLOGIA

Benthic algae stimulate leaf litter decomposition in detritus-based headwater streams: a case of aquatic priming effect?

(2013) Michael Danger et al.   ECOLOGY

Forecasting functional implications of global changes in riparian plant communities

(2013) John S Kominoski et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Global carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters

(2013) Peter A. Raymond et al.   NATURE

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A decade of weather extremes

(2012) Dim Coumou et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns

(2011) Luz Boyero et al.   ECOLOGY

A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration

(2011) Luz Boyero et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The ecological role of climate extremes: current understanding and future prospects

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate extremes initiate ecosystem-regulating functions while maintaining productivity

(2011) Anke Jentsch et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaves as “crackers”, biofilm as “peanut butter”: Exploratory use of stable isotopes as evidence for microbial pathways in detrital food webs

(2011) Robert France   OCEANOLOGICAL AND HYDROBIOLOGICAL STUDIES

Aboveground–belowground interactions as a source of complementarity effects in biodiversity experiments

(2011) Nico Eisenhauer   PLANT AND SOIL

Whole-system responses of experimental plant communities to climate extremes imposed in different seasons

(2010) Hans J. De Boeck et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Diversity meets decomposition

(2010) Mark O. Gessner et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Nutrient enrichment alters storage and fluxes of detritus in a headwater stream ecosystem

(2009) Jonathan P. Benstead et al.   ECOLOGY

Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and food webs in fresh waters: assembling the jigsaw puzzle

(2009) GUY WOODWARD   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Effect of increased atmospheric CO2 on the performance of an aquatic detritivore through changes in water temperature and litter quality

(2009) VERÓNICA FERREIRA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Resource quality and stoichiometric constraints on stream ecosystem functioning

(2008) SALLY HLADYZ et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Organic matter breakdown and ecosystem metabolism: functional indicators for assessing river ecosystem health

(2008) Roger G. Young et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY