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Graça, Manuel
 
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Graça, Manuel, A. S.
 
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Graça, M. A. S.
Graça, Manuel Augusto Simões
 
 
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mgraca@ci.uc.pt
 
 
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Manuel Augusto Simões Graça. Ph.D. University of Sheffield, U.K. In my research I am interested in understanding the general ecology of streams. I am particularly interested in litter decomposition and brown food webs (litter as the energy source for communities). In this regard, I am interested in understanding factors ruling the the transference of energy and materials from the leaf litter to the consumers, fungi and invertebrates. Therefore, my studies include chemical changes in decomposing leaves, the ecology of the decomposers (aquatic hyphomycetes) and animals feeding on detritus (shredders). I am also interested in developing, improving and applying tools to assess environmental quality and the effect of pollutants in receiving system, particularly mining effects in freshwaters. Under this research topic, I am cooperating with regional environmental agencies and the industry.
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128-Dec-2016Aquatic hyphomycetes, benthic macroinvertebrates and leaf litter decomposition in streams naturally differing in riparian vegetationFerreira, Verónica ; Castela, José ; Rosa, Paulo; Tonin, Alan Mosele; Boyero, Luz; Graça, Manuel A. S. articleopenAccess
22016Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global studyBoyero, Luz; Pearson, Richard G.; Hui, Cang; Gessner, Mark O.; Perez, Javier; Alexandrou, Markos A.; Graça, Manuel A. S. ; Ferreira, Verónica ; et al.articleopenAccess
32015A conceptual model of litter breakdown in low order streamsGraça, Manuel A. S. ; Ferreira, Verónica ; Canhoto, Cristina ; Encalada, Andrea C.; Guerrero-Bolaño, Francisco; Wantzen, Karl M.; Boyero, LuzarticleopenAccess
42019A global assessment of the effects of eucalyptus plantations on stream ecosystem functioningFerreira, Verónica ; Boyero, Luz; Calvo, Clementina; Correa, Francisco; Figueroa, Ricardo; Goyenola, Guillermo; Graça, Manuel A. S. ; Hepp, Luiz U.; Kariuki, Samuel; López-Rodríguez, Anahí; Mazzeo, Néstor; M’Erimba, Charles; Monroy, Silvia; Peil, Alessandra; Pozo, Jesús ; Rezende, Renan; Teixeira-de-Mello, FrancoarticleopenAccess
52011Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patternsBoyero, Luz; Pearson, Richard G.; Dudgeon, David; Graça, Manuel A. S. ; Gessner, Mark O.; Albariño, Ricardo J.; Ferreira, Verónica ; et al.articleopenAccess
62011A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestrationBoyero, Luz; Pearson, Richard G.; Gessner, Mark O.; Barmuta, Leon A.; Ferreira, Verónica ; Graça, Manuel A. S. ; Dudgeon, D.; Castela, José ; et al.articleopenAccess
72012Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: Implications for biodiversity loss in changing climatesBoyero, Luz; Pearson, Richard G.; Dudgeon, David; Ferreira, Verónica ; Graça, Manuel A. S. ; Gessner, Mark O.; Boulton, Andrew J.; Castela, José ; et al.articleopenAccess
82021Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropicsBoyero, Luz; López-Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Pérez, Javier ; Correa-Araneda, Francisco; Pearson, Richard G.; Bosch, Jaime; Albariño, Ricardo J.; Anbalagan, Sankarappan; Barmuta, Leon A.; Basaguren, Ana ; Burdon, Francis J.; Caliman, Adriano; Callisto, Marcos; Calor, Adolfo R.; Campbell, Ian C.; Cardinale, Bradley J.; Jesús Casas, J.; Chará-Serna, Ana M.; Chauvet, Eric; Ciapała, Szymon; Colón-Gaud, Checo; Cornejo, Aydeé; Davis, Aaron M.; Degebrodt, Monika; Dias, Emerson S.; Díaz, María E.; Douglas, Michael M.; Encalada, Andrea C. ; Figueroa, Ricardo; Flecker, Alexander S.; Fleituch, Tadeusz; García, Erica A.; García, Gabriela; García, Pavel E.; Gessner, Mark O.; Gómez, Jesús E.; Gómez, Sergio; Gonçalves, Jose F.; Graça, M. A. S. ; Gwinn, Daniel C.; Hall, Robert O.; Hamada, Neusa; Hui, Cang; Imazawa, Daichi; Iwata, Tomoya; Kariuki, Samuel K.; Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea; Laymon, Kelsey; Leal, Maria Catarina Bota Vasques ; Marchant, Richard; Martins, Renato T.; Masese, Frank O.; Maul, Megan; McKie, Brendan G.; Medeiros, Adriana O.; Erimba, Charles M. M.; Middleton, Jen A.; Monroy, Silvia; Muotka, Timo; Negishi, Junjiro N.; Ramírez, Alonso; Richardson, John S.; Rincón, José; Rubio-Ríos, Juan; Santos, Gisele M. dos; Sarremejane, Romain; Sheldon, Fran; Sitati, Augustine; Tenkiano, Nathalie S D; Tiegs, Scott D; Tolod, Janine R; Venarsky, Michael; Watson, Anne; Yule, Catherine MarticleopenAccess
9Mar-2021Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decompositionBoyero, Luz; Pérez, Javier; López-Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Correa-Araneda, Francisco; Pearson, Richard G.; Bosch, Jaime; Albariño, Ricardo J.; Anbalagan, Sankarappan; Barmuta, Leon A.; Beesley, Leah; Burdon, Francis J.; Caliman, Adriano; Callisto, Marcos; Campbell, Ian C.; Cardinale, Bradley J.; Casas, J Jesús; Chará-Serna, Ana M.; Ciapała, Szymon; Chauvet, Eric; Colón-Gaud, Checo; Cornejo, Aydeé; Davis, Aaron M.; Degebrodt, Monika; Dias, Emerson S.; Díaz, María E.; Douglas, Michael M.; Elosegi, Arturo; Encalada, Andrea ; de Eyto, Elvira; Figueroa, Ricardo; Flecker, Alexander S.; Fleituch, Tadeusz; Frainer, André; França, Juliana S.; García, Erica A.; García, Gabriela; García, Pavel; Gessner, Mark O.; Giller, Paul S.; Gómez, Jesús E.; Gómez, Sergio; Gonçalves, Jose F.; Graça, Manuel A. S. ; Hall, Robert O.; Hamada, Neusa; Hepp, Luiz U.; Hui, Cang; Imazawa, Daichi; Iwata, Tomoya; Junior, Edson S. A.; Kariuki, Samuel; Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea; Leal, Maria Catarina Bota Vasques ; Lehosmaa, Kaisa; M'Erimba, Charles; Marchant, Richard; Martins, Renato T.; Masese, Frank O.; Camden, Megan; McKie, Brendan G.; Medeiros, Adriana O.; Middleton, Jen A.; Muotka, Timo; Negishi, Junjiro N.; Pozo, Jesús; Ramírez, Alonso; Rezende, Renan S.; Richardson, John S.; Rincón, José; Rubio-Ríos, Juan; Serrano, Claudia; Shaffer, Angela R.; Sheldon, Fran; Swan, Christopher M. ; Tenkiano, Nathalie S. D.; Tiegs, Scott D.; Tolod, Janine R.; Vernasky, Michael; Watson, Anne; Yegon, Mourine J.; Yule, Catherine M.articleopenAccess
102015Latitudinal gradient of nestedness and its potential drivers in stream detritivoresBoyero, Luz; Pearson, R. G.; Swan, C. M. ; Hui, C.; Albariño, R. J.; Arunachalam, M.; Callisto, M.; Ferreira, Verónica; Graça, Manuel, A. S. ; et al.articleopenAccess
1131-Oct-2021Litter Quality Is a Stronger Driver than Temperature of Early Microbial Decomposition in Oligotrophic Streams: a Microcosm StudyPérez, Javier; Ferreira, Verónica ; Graça, Manuel A. S. ; Boyero, LuzarticleopenAccess
122017Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitudeBoyero, Luz; Graça, Manuel A. S. ; Tonin, Alan M.; Peréz, Javier; Swafford, Andrew J.; Ferreira, Verónica ; Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea; et al.articleopenAccess