Título: | Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition |
Autor: | Boyero, 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. |
Data: | Mar-2021 |
Editora: | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Título da revista, periódico, livro ou evento: | Science Advances |
Volume: | 7 |
Número: | 13 |
Resumo: | Running waters contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes through decomposition of terrestrial plant litter by aquatic microorganisms and detritivores. Diversity of this litter may influence instream decomposition globally in ways that are not yet understood. We investigated latitudinal differences in decomposition of litter mixtures of low and high functional diversity in 40 streams on 6 continents and spanning 113° of latitude. Despite important variability in our dataset, we found latitudinal differences in the effect of litter functional diversity on decomposition, which we explained as evolutionary adaptations of litter-consuming detritivores to resource availability. Specifically, a balanced diet effect appears to operate at lower latitudes versus a resource concentration effect at higher latitudes. The latitudinal pattern indicates that loss of plant functional diversity will have different consequences on carbon fluxes across the globe, with greater repercussions likely at low latitudes. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/105441 |
ISSN: | 2375-2548 |
DOI: | 10.1126/sciadv.abe7860 |
Direitos: | openAccess |
Aparece nas coleções: | I&D MARE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais
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