Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study
Identifieur interne : 000A98 ( Pmc/Checkpoint ); précédent : 000A97; suivant : 000A99Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study
Auteurs : Luz Boyero [Espagne, Australie] ; Richard G. Pearson [Australie] ; Cang Hui [Afrique du Sud] ; Mark O. Gessner [Allemagne] ; Javier Pérez [Espagne] ; Markos A. Alexandrou [États-Unis] ; Manuel A. S. Graça [Portugal] ; Bradley J. Cardinale [États-Unis] ; Ricardo J. Albari O [Argentine] ; Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam [Inde] ; Leon A. Barmuta [Australie] ; Andrew J. Boulton [Australie] ; Andreas Bruder [Suisse] ; Marcos Callisto [Brésil] ; Eric Chauvet [France] ; Russell G. Death [Nouvelle-Zélande] ; David Dudgeon [République populaire de Chine] ; Andrea C. Encalada [Portugal, Équateur] ; Ver Nica Ferreira [Portugal] ; Ricardo Figueroa [Chili] ; Alexander S. Flecker [États-Unis] ; José F. Gonçalves [Brésil] ; Julie Helson [Canada] ; Tomoya Iwata [Japon] ; Tajang Jinggut [Malaisie] ; Jude Mathooko [Kenya] ; Catherine Mathuriau ; Charles M'Erimba [Kenya] ; Marcelo S. Moretti [Brésil] ; Catherine M. Pringle [États-Unis] ; Alonso Ramírez [Porto Rico] ; Lavenia Ratnarajah [Australie] ; José Rincon [Venezuela, Équateur] ; Catherine M. Yule [Malaisie]Source :
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences [ 0962-8452 ] ; 2016.
Abstract
Plant litter breakdown is a key ecological process in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Streams and rivers, in particular, contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes. However, there is little information available on the relative roles of different drivers of plant litter breakdown in fresh waters, particularly at large scales. We present a global-scale study of litter breakdown in streams to compare the roles of biotic, climatic and other environmental factors on breakdown rates. We conducted an experiment in 24 streams encompassing latitudes from 47.8° N to 42.8° S, using litter mixtures of local species differing in quality and phylogenetic diversity (PD), and alder (
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2664
PubMed: 27122551
PubMed Central: 4855373
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- Afrique du Sud, Allemagne, Argentine, Australie, Brésil, Canada, Chili, Espagne, France, Inde, Japon, Kenya, Malaisie, Nouvelle-Zélande, Porto Rico, Portugal, République populaire de Chine, Suisse, Venezuela, Équateur, États-Unis
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<affiliation><nlm:aff id="af34"><addr-line>Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Tasmania</institution>
,<addr-line>Hobart, Tasmania 7001</addr-line>
,<institution>Australia</institution>
</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Rincon, Jose" sort="Rincon, Jose" uniqKey="Rincon J" first="José" last="Rincon">José Rincon</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af35"><addr-line>Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Contaminación Fluvial, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad del Zulia</institution>
,<addr-line>Apartado Postal 526, Maracaibo</addr-line>
,<country>Venezuela</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Venezuela</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af36"><addr-line>Programa Prometeo, Senescyt, Escuela de Biología, Ecología y Gestión</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad del Azuay</institution>
,<addr-line>Apartado 981, Cuenca</addr-line>
,<country>Ecuador</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Équateur</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Yule, Catherine M" sort="Yule, Catherine M" uniqKey="Yule C" first="Catherine M." last="Yule">Catherine M. Yule</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af28"><addr-line>School of Science</addr-line>
,<institution>Monash University</institution>
,<addr-line>Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor 47500</addr-line>
,<country>Malaysia</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Malaisie</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af1"><addr-line>Faculty of Science and Technology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)</institution>
,<addr-line>48940 Leioa</addr-line>
,<country>Spain</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Espagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af2"><addr-line>IKERBASQUE</addr-line>
,<institution>Basque Foundation for Science</institution>
,<addr-line>48013 Bilbao</addr-line>
,<country>Spain</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Espagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af3"><addr-line>College of Marine and Environmental Sciences and TropWater</addr-line>
,<institution>James Cook University</institution>
,<addr-line>Townsville, Queensland 4811</addr-line>
,<country>Australia</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Pearson, Richard G" sort="Pearson, Richard G" uniqKey="Pearson R" first="Richard G." last="Pearson">Richard G. Pearson</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af3"><addr-line>College of Marine and Environmental Sciences and TropWater</addr-line>
,<institution>James Cook University</institution>
,<addr-line>Townsville, Queensland 4811</addr-line>
,<country>Australia</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Hui, Cang" sort="Hui, Cang" uniqKey="Hui C" first="Cang" last="Hui">Cang Hui</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af4"><addr-line>Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Mathematical Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Stellenbosch</institution>
,<addr-line>Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602</addr-line>
,<country>South Africa</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Afrique du Sud</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af5"><institution>African Institute for Mathematical Sciences</institution>
,<addr-line>Muizenburg 7945</addr-line>
,<country>South Africa</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Afrique du Sud</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Gessner, Mark O" sort="Gessner, Mark O" uniqKey="Gessner M" first="Mark O." last="Gessner">Mark O. Gessner</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af6"><addr-line>Department of Experimental Limnology</addr-line>
,<institution>Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)</institution>
,<addr-line>16775 Stechlin</addr-line>
,<country>Germany</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af7"><addr-line>Department of Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin)</institution>
,<addr-line>10587 Berlin</addr-line>
,<country>Germany</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Perez, Javier" sort="Perez, Javier" uniqKey="Perez J" first="Javier" last="Pérez">Javier Pérez</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af1"><addr-line>Faculty of Science and Technology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)</institution>
,<addr-line>48940 Leioa</addr-line>
,<country>Spain</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Espagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Alexandrou, Markos A" sort="Alexandrou, Markos A" uniqKey="Alexandrou M" first="Markos A." last="Alexandrou">Markos A. Alexandrou</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af8"><addr-line>Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of California</institution>
,<addr-line>Santa Barbara, CA 93106</addr-line>
,<country>USA</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Graca, Manuel A S" sort="Graca, Manuel A S" uniqKey="Graca M" first="Manuel A. S." last="Graça">Manuel A. S. Graça</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af9"><addr-line>MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Coimbra</institution>
,<addr-line>3001-456 Coimbra</addr-line>
,<country>Portugal</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Portugal</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Cardinale, Bradley J" sort="Cardinale, Bradley J" uniqKey="Cardinale B" first="Bradley J." last="Cardinale">Bradley J. Cardinale</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af10"><addr-line>School of Natural Resources and Environment</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Michigan</institution>
,<addr-line>Ann Arbor, MI 48109</addr-line>
,<country>USA</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Albari O, Ricardo J" sort="Albari O, Ricardo J" uniqKey="Albari O R" first="Ricardo J." last="Albari O">Ricardo J. Albari O</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af11"><addr-line>Laboratorio de Fotobiologia, INIBIOMA, CONICET</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad Nacional del Comahue</institution>
,<addr-line>Quintral 1250, 8400 Bariloche</addr-line>
,<country>Argentina</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Argentine</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy" sort="Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy" uniqKey="Arunachalam M" first="Muthukumarasamy" last="Arunachalam">Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af12"><addr-line>Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>Manonmaniam Sundaranar University</institution>
,<addr-line>Alwarkurichi, 627412 Tamil Nadu</addr-line>
,<country>India</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Inde</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Barmuta, Leon A" sort="Barmuta, Leon A" uniqKey="Barmuta L" first="Leon A." last="Barmuta">Leon A. Barmuta</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af13"><addr-line>School of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Tasmania</institution>
,<addr-line>Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001</addr-line>
,<country>Australia</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Boulton, Andrew J" sort="Boulton, Andrew J" uniqKey="Boulton A" first="Andrew J." last="Boulton">Andrew J. Boulton</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af14"><addr-line>Ecosystem Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science</addr-line>
,<institution>University of New England</institution>
,<addr-line>Armidale, NSW 2351</addr-line>
,<country>Australia</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Bruder, Andreas" sort="Bruder, Andreas" uniqKey="Bruder A" first="Andreas" last="Bruder">Andreas Bruder</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af15"><addr-line>Department of Aquatic Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology</institution>
,<addr-line>Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf</addr-line>
,<country>Switzerland</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af16"><addr-line>Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ)</addr-line>
,<institution>ETH Zurich</institution>
,<addr-line>8092 Zurich</addr-line>
,<country>Switzerland</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Callisto, Marcos" sort="Callisto, Marcos" uniqKey="Callisto M" first="Marcos" last="Callisto">Marcos Callisto</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af17"><addr-line>Laboratório de Ecologia de Bentos, Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais</institution>
,<addr-line>30161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG</addr-line>
,<country>Brazil</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Brésil</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Chauvet, Eric" sort="Chauvet, Eric" uniqKey="Chauvet E" first="Eric" last="Chauvet">Eric Chauvet</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af18"><addr-line>UPS, INPT; EcoLab</addr-line>
,<institution>Université de Toulouse</institution>
,<addr-line>118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse</addr-line>
,<country>France</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">France</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af19"><addr-line>EcoLab</addr-line>
,<institution>CNRS</institution>
,<addr-line>31062 Toulouse</addr-line>
,<country>France</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">France</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Death, Russell G" sort="Death, Russell G" uniqKey="Death R" first="Russell G." last="Death">Russell G. Death</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af20"><addr-line>Institute of Agriculture and Environment-Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>Massey University</institution>
,<addr-line>4442 Palmerston North</addr-line>
,<country>New Zealand</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Nouvelle-Zélande</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Dudgeon, David" sort="Dudgeon, David" uniqKey="Dudgeon D" first="David" last="Dudgeon">David Dudgeon</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af21"><addr-line>School of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>The University of Hong Kong</institution>
,<addr-line>Pokfulam</addr-line>
,<country>Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">République populaire de Chine</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda</wicri:regionArea>
<wicri:noRegion>Bethesda</wicri:noRegion>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Encalada, Andrea C" sort="Encalada, Andrea C" uniqKey="Encalada A" first="Andrea C." last="Encalada">Andrea C. Encalada</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af9"><addr-line>MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Coimbra</institution>
,<addr-line>3001-456 Coimbra</addr-line>
,<country>Portugal</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Portugal</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af22"><addr-line>Laboratorio de Ecología Acuatica, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad de San Francisco de Quito</institution>
,<addr-line>Campus Cumbayá, PO Box 17, 1200841 Quito</addr-line>
,<country>Ecuador</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Équateur</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ferreira, Ver Nica" sort="Ferreira, Ver Nica" uniqKey="Ferreira V" first="Ver Nica" last="Ferreira">Ver Nica Ferreira</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af9"><addr-line>MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Coimbra</institution>
,<addr-line>3001-456 Coimbra</addr-line>
,<country>Portugal</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Portugal</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Figueroa, Ricardo" sort="Figueroa, Ricardo" uniqKey="Figueroa R" first="Ricardo" last="Figueroa">Ricardo Figueroa</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af23"><addr-line>Faculty of Environmental Science and Water Research Center for Agriculture and Mining, University of Concepción, Box 160-C, Concepción</addr-line>
,<country>Chile</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Chili</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Flecker, Alexander S" sort="Flecker, Alexander S" uniqKey="Flecker A" first="Alexander S." last="Flecker">Alexander S. Flecker</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af24"><addr-line>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</addr-line>
,<institution>Cornell University</institution>
,<addr-line>Ithaca, NY 14853</addr-line>
,<country>USA</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Goncalves, Jose F" sort="Goncalves, Jose F" uniqKey="Goncalves J" first="José F." last="Gonçalves">José F. Gonçalves</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af25"><addr-line>Laboratório de Limnologia/AquaRiparia, Departamento de Ecologia, ECL/IB, Universidade de Brasilia, 70910-900 Brasilia, Distrito Federal</addr-line>
,<country>Brazil</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Brésil</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Helson, Julie" sort="Helson, Julie" uniqKey="Helson J" first="Julie" last="Helson">Julie Helson</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af26"><addr-line>Surface and Groundwater Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Toronto at Scarborough</institution>
,<addr-line>1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario</addr-line>
,<country>Canada</country>
<addr-line>M1C 1A4</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Canada</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Iwata, Tomoya" sort="Iwata, Tomoya" uniqKey="Iwata T" first="Tomoya" last="Iwata">Tomoya Iwata</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af27"><addr-line>Department of Environmental Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Yamanashi</institution>
,<addr-line>Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8510</addr-line>
,<country>Japan</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Japon</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Jinggut, Tajang" sort="Jinggut, Tajang" uniqKey="Jinggut T" first="Tajang" last="Jinggut">Tajang Jinggut</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af28"><addr-line>School of Science</addr-line>
,<institution>Monash University</institution>
,<addr-line>Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor 47500</addr-line>
,<country>Malaysia</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Malaisie</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Mathooko, Jude" sort="Mathooko, Jude" uniqKey="Mathooko J" first="Jude" last="Mathooko">Jude Mathooko</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af29"><addr-line>Department of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>Egerton University</institution>
,<addr-line>PO Box 536, Egerton</addr-line>
,<country>Kenya</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Kenya</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Mathuriau, Catherine" sort="Mathuriau, Catherine" uniqKey="Mathuriau C" first="Catherine" last="Mathuriau">Catherine Mathuriau</name>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="af30"><addr-line>Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México</institution>
,<addr-line>Ciudad de México 04510, DF</addr-line>
,<country>México</country>
</nlm:aff>
<wicri:noCountry code="nlm country">México</wicri:noCountry>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="M Erimba, Charles" sort="M Erimba, Charles" uniqKey="M Erimba C" first="Charles" last="M'Erimba">Charles M'Erimba</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af29"><addr-line>Department of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>Egerton University</institution>
,<addr-line>PO Box 536, Egerton</addr-line>
,<country>Kenya</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Kenya</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Moretti, Marcelo S" sort="Moretti, Marcelo S" uniqKey="Moretti M" first="Marcelo S." last="Moretti">Marcelo S. Moretti</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af31"><addr-line>Laboratory of Aquatic Insect Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Vila Velha</institution>
,<addr-line>Vila Velha 29 102-920</addr-line>
,<country>Brazil</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Brésil</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Pringle, Catherine M" sort="Pringle, Catherine M" uniqKey="Pringle C" first="Catherine M." last="Pringle">Catherine M. Pringle</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af32"><addr-line>Odum School of Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Georgia</institution>
,<addr-line>Athens, GA 30602</addr-line>
,<country>USA</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ramirez, Alonso" sort="Ramirez, Alonso" uniqKey="Ramirez A" first="Alonso" last="Ramírez">Alonso Ramírez</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af33"><addr-line>Department of Environmental Science</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Puerto Rico</institution>
,<addr-line>Rio Piedras, San Juan 00919</addr-line>
,<country>Puerto Rico</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Porto Rico</country>
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</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Ratnarajah, Lavenia" sort="Ratnarajah, Lavenia" uniqKey="Ratnarajah L" first="Lavenia" last="Ratnarajah">Lavenia Ratnarajah</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af13"><addr-line>School of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Tasmania</institution>
,<addr-line>Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001</addr-line>
,<country>Australia</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation><nlm:aff id="af34"><addr-line>Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Tasmania</institution>
,<addr-line>Hobart, Tasmania 7001</addr-line>
,<institution>Australia</institution>
</nlm:aff>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Rincon, Jose" sort="Rincon, Jose" uniqKey="Rincon J" first="José" last="Rincon">José Rincon</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af35"><addr-line>Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Contaminación Fluvial, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad del Zulia</institution>
,<addr-line>Apartado Postal 526, Maracaibo</addr-line>
,<country>Venezuela</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Venezuela</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af36"><addr-line>Programa Prometeo, Senescyt, Escuela de Biología, Ecología y Gestión</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad del Azuay</institution>
,<addr-line>Apartado 981, Cuenca</addr-line>
,<country>Ecuador</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Équateur</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><name sortKey="Yule, Catherine M" sort="Yule, Catherine M" uniqKey="Yule C" first="Catherine M." last="Yule">Catherine M. Yule</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="af28"><addr-line>School of Science</addr-line>
,<institution>Monash University</institution>
,<addr-line>Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor 47500</addr-line>
,<country>Malaysia</country>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Malaisie</country>
<wicri:regionArea># see nlm:aff country strict</wicri:regionArea>
</affiliation>
</author>
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<series><title level="j">Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</title>
<idno type="ISSN">0962-8452</idno>
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<imprint><date when="2016">2016</date>
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<front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><p>Plant litter breakdown is a key ecological process in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Streams and rivers, in particular, contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes. However, there is little information available on the relative roles of different drivers of plant litter breakdown in fresh waters, particularly at large scales. We present a global-scale study of litter breakdown in streams to compare the roles of biotic, climatic and other environmental factors on breakdown rates. We conducted an experiment in 24 streams encompassing latitudes from 47.8° N to 42.8° S, using litter mixtures of local species differing in quality and phylogenetic diversity (PD), and alder (<italic>Alnus glutinosa</italic>
) to control for variation in litter traits. Our models revealed that breakdown of alder was driven by climate, with some influence of pH, whereas variation in breakdown of litter mixtures was explained mainly by litter quality and PD. Effects of litter quality and PD and stream pH were more positive at higher temperatures, indicating that different mechanisms may operate at different latitudes. These results reflect global variability caused by multiple factors, but unexplained variance points to the need for expanded global-scale comparisons.</p>
</div>
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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Proc Biol Sci</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Proc. Biol. Sci</journal-id>
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<journal-title-group><journal-title>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">0962-8452</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1471-2954</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>The Royal Society</publisher-name>
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<article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">27122551</article-id>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1098/rspb.2015.2664</article-id>
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<subject>60</subject>
<subject>69</subject>
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<title-group><article-title>Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study</article-title>
<alt-title alt-title-type="short">Variation of litter breakdown in streams</alt-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid" authenticated="false">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7366-9299</contrib-id>
<name><surname>Boyero</surname>
<given-names>Luz</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1">1</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2">2</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af3">3</xref>
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"></xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pearson</surname>
<given-names>Richard G.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af3">3</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Hui</surname>
<given-names>Cang</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af4">4</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af5">5</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gessner</surname>
<given-names>Mark O.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af6">6</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af7">7</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pérez</surname>
<given-names>Javier</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1">1</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alexandrou</surname>
<given-names>Markos A.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af8">8</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Graça</surname>
<given-names>Manuel A. S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af9">9</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Cardinale</surname>
<given-names>Bradley J.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af10">10</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Albariño</surname>
<given-names>Ricardo J.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af11">11</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Arunachalam</surname>
<given-names>Muthukumarasamy</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af12">12</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Barmuta</surname>
<given-names>Leon A.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af13">13</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Boulton</surname>
<given-names>Andrew J.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af14">14</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bruder</surname>
<given-names>Andreas</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af15">15</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af16">16</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Callisto</surname>
<given-names>Marcos</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af17">17</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chauvet</surname>
<given-names>Eric</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af18">18</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af19">19</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Death</surname>
<given-names>Russell G.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af20">20</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dudgeon</surname>
<given-names>David</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af21">21</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Encalada</surname>
<given-names>Andrea C.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af9">9</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af22">22</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ferreira</surname>
<given-names>Verónica</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af9">9</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Figueroa</surname>
<given-names>Ricardo</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af23">23</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Flecker</surname>
<given-names>Alexander S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af24">24</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gonçalves</surname>
<given-names>José F.</given-names>
<suffix>Jr</suffix>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af25">25</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Helson</surname>
<given-names>Julie</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af26">26</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Iwata</surname>
<given-names>Tomoya</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af27">27</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jinggut</surname>
<given-names>Tajang</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af28">28</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mathooko</surname>
<given-names>Jude</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af29">29</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mathuriau</surname>
<given-names>Catherine</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af30">30</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M'Erimba</surname>
<given-names>Charles</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af29">29</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Moretti</surname>
<given-names>Marcelo S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af31">31</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pringle</surname>
<given-names>Catherine M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af32">32</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ramírez</surname>
<given-names>Alonso</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af33">33</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ratnarajah</surname>
<given-names>Lavenia</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af13">13</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af34">34</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rincon</surname>
<given-names>José</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af35">35</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af36">36</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Yule</surname>
<given-names>Catherine M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af28">28</xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="af1"><label>1</label>
<addr-line>Faculty of Science and Technology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)</institution>
,<addr-line>48940 Leioa</addr-line>
,<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af2"><label>2</label>
<addr-line>IKERBASQUE</addr-line>
,<institution>Basque Foundation for Science</institution>
,<addr-line>48013 Bilbao</addr-line>
,<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af3"><label>3</label>
<addr-line>College of Marine and Environmental Sciences and TropWater</addr-line>
,<institution>James Cook University</institution>
,<addr-line>Townsville, Queensland 4811</addr-line>
,<country>Australia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af4"><label>4</label>
<addr-line>Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Mathematical Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Stellenbosch</institution>
,<addr-line>Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602</addr-line>
,<country>South Africa</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af5"><label>5</label>
<institution>African Institute for Mathematical Sciences</institution>
,<addr-line>Muizenburg 7945</addr-line>
,<country>South Africa</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af6"><label>6</label>
<addr-line>Department of Experimental Limnology</addr-line>
,<institution>Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)</institution>
,<addr-line>16775 Stechlin</addr-line>
,<country>Germany</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af7"><label>7</label>
<addr-line>Department of Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin)</institution>
,<addr-line>10587 Berlin</addr-line>
,<country>Germany</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af8"><label>8</label>
<addr-line>Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of California</institution>
,<addr-line>Santa Barbara, CA 93106</addr-line>
,<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af9"><label>9</label>
<addr-line>MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Coimbra</institution>
,<addr-line>3001-456 Coimbra</addr-line>
,<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af10"><label>10</label>
<addr-line>School of Natural Resources and Environment</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Michigan</institution>
,<addr-line>Ann Arbor, MI 48109</addr-line>
,<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af11"><label>11</label>
<addr-line>Laboratorio de Fotobiologia, INIBIOMA, CONICET</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad Nacional del Comahue</institution>
,<addr-line>Quintral 1250, 8400 Bariloche</addr-line>
,<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af12"><label>12</label>
<addr-line>Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>Manonmaniam Sundaranar University</institution>
,<addr-line>Alwarkurichi, 627412 Tamil Nadu</addr-line>
,<country>India</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af13"><label>13</label>
<addr-line>School of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Tasmania</institution>
,<addr-line>Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001</addr-line>
,<country>Australia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af14"><label>14</label>
<addr-line>Ecosystem Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science</addr-line>
,<institution>University of New England</institution>
,<addr-line>Armidale, NSW 2351</addr-line>
,<country>Australia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af15"><label>15</label>
<addr-line>Department of Aquatic Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology</institution>
,<addr-line>Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf</addr-line>
,<country>Switzerland</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af16"><label>16</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ)</addr-line>
,<institution>ETH Zurich</institution>
,<addr-line>8092 Zurich</addr-line>
,<country>Switzerland</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af17"><label>17</label>
<addr-line>Laboratório de Ecologia de Bentos, Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais</institution>
,<addr-line>30161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG</addr-line>
,<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af18"><label>18</label>
<addr-line>UPS, INPT; EcoLab</addr-line>
,<institution>Université de Toulouse</institution>
,<addr-line>118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse</addr-line>
,<country>France</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af19"><label>19</label>
<addr-line>EcoLab</addr-line>
,<institution>CNRS</institution>
,<addr-line>31062 Toulouse</addr-line>
,<country>France</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af20"><label>20</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Agriculture and Environment-Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>Massey University</institution>
,<addr-line>4442 Palmerston North</addr-line>
,<country>New Zealand</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af21"><label>21</label>
<addr-line>School of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>The University of Hong Kong</institution>
,<addr-line>Pokfulam</addr-line>
,<country>Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af22"><label>22</label>
<addr-line>Laboratorio de Ecología Acuatica, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad de San Francisco de Quito</institution>
,<addr-line>Campus Cumbayá, PO Box 17, 1200841 Quito</addr-line>
,<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af23"><label>23</label>
<addr-line>Faculty of Environmental Science and Water Research Center for Agriculture and Mining, University of Concepción, Box 160-C, Concepción</addr-line>
,<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af24"><label>24</label>
<addr-line>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</addr-line>
,<institution>Cornell University</institution>
,<addr-line>Ithaca, NY 14853</addr-line>
,<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af25"><label>25</label>
<addr-line>Laboratório de Limnologia/AquaRiparia, Departamento de Ecologia, ECL/IB, Universidade de Brasilia, 70910-900 Brasilia, Distrito Federal</addr-line>
,<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af26"><label>26</label>
<addr-line>Surface and Groundwater Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Toronto at Scarborough</institution>
,<addr-line>1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario</addr-line>
,<country>Canada</country>
<addr-line>M1C 1A4</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="af27"><label>27</label>
<addr-line>Department of Environmental Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Yamanashi</institution>
,<addr-line>Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8510</addr-line>
,<country>Japan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af28"><label>28</label>
<addr-line>School of Science</addr-line>
,<institution>Monash University</institution>
,<addr-line>Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor 47500</addr-line>
,<country>Malaysia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af29"><label>29</label>
<addr-line>Department of Biological Sciences</addr-line>
,<institution>Egerton University</institution>
,<addr-line>PO Box 536, Egerton</addr-line>
,<country>Kenya</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af30"><label>30</label>
<addr-line>Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México</institution>
,<addr-line>Ciudad de México 04510, DF</addr-line>
,<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af31"><label>31</label>
<addr-line>Laboratory of Aquatic Insect Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Vila Velha</institution>
,<addr-line>Vila Velha 29 102-920</addr-line>
,<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af32"><label>32</label>
<addr-line>Odum School of Ecology</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Georgia</institution>
,<addr-line>Athens, GA 30602</addr-line>
,<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af33"><label>33</label>
<addr-line>Department of Environmental Science</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Puerto Rico</institution>
,<addr-line>Rio Piedras, San Juan 00919</addr-line>
,<country>Puerto Rico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af34"><label>34</label>
<addr-line>Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre</addr-line>
,<institution>University of Tasmania</institution>
,<addr-line>Hobart, Tasmania 7001</addr-line>
,<institution>Australia</institution>
</aff>
<aff id="af35"><label>35</label>
<addr-line>Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Contaminación Fluvial, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad del Zulia</institution>
,<addr-line>Apartado Postal 526, Maracaibo</addr-line>
,<country>Venezuela</country>
</aff>
<aff id="af36"><label>36</label>
<addr-line>Programa Prometeo, Senescyt, Escuela de Biología, Ecología y Gestión</addr-line>
,<institution>Universidad del Azuay</institution>
,<addr-line>Apartado 981, Cuenca</addr-line>
,<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<author-notes><corresp id="cor1">e-mail: <email>luz.boyero@ehu.eus</email>
</corresp>
</author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>27</day>
<month>4</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>283</volume>
<issue>1829</issue>
<elocation-id>20152664</elocation-id>
<history><date date-type="received"><day>4</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2015</year>
</date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>1</day>
<month>4</month>
<year>2016</year>
</date>
</history>
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<copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
<license specific-use="vor" xlink:href="http://royalsocietypublishing.org/licence"><license-p>Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.</license-p>
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<abstract><p>Plant litter breakdown is a key ecological process in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Streams and rivers, in particular, contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes. However, there is little information available on the relative roles of different drivers of plant litter breakdown in fresh waters, particularly at large scales. We present a global-scale study of litter breakdown in streams to compare the roles of biotic, climatic and other environmental factors on breakdown rates. We conducted an experiment in 24 streams encompassing latitudes from 47.8° N to 42.8° S, using litter mixtures of local species differing in quality and phylogenetic diversity (PD), and alder (<italic>Alnus glutinosa</italic>
) to control for variation in litter traits. Our models revealed that breakdown of alder was driven by climate, with some influence of pH, whereas variation in breakdown of litter mixtures was explained mainly by litter quality and PD. Effects of litter quality and PD and stream pH were more positive at higher temperatures, indicating that different mechanisms may operate at different latitudes. These results reflect global variability caused by multiple factors, but unexplained variance points to the need for expanded global-scale comparisons.</p>
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