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A comparison of decomposition rates and biological colonization of leaf litter from tropical and temperate origins

scientific article published on 19 May 2021

A conceptual model of litter breakdown in low order streams

A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

scientific article published on 21 May 2018

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

scientific article

A meta-analysis of the effects of nutrient enrichment on litter decomposition in streams.

scientific article

A meta-analysis on the effects of changes in the composition of native forests on litter decomposition in streams

article

Aquatic hyphomycetes and litter decomposition in tropical – subtropical low order streams

scientific article published in 2016

Aquatic hyphomycetes, benthic macroinvertebrates and leaf litter decomposition in streams naturally differing in riparian vegetation

scientific article published in 2016

Arsenic in stream waters is bioaccumulated but neither biomagnified through food webs nor biodispersed to land

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Assessment of metal exposure (uranium and copper) by the response of a set of integrated biomarkers in a stream shredder

article published in 2018

Author Correction: A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Bioaccumulation and Dispersion of Uranium by Freshwater Organisms

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient

scientific article published in April 2019

Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study.

scientific article published in April 2016

Chironomidae traits and life history strategies as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance

scientific article published on 09 June 2017

Combined effects of water temperature and nutrients concentration on periphyton respiration - implications of global change

Combined effects of water temperature and nutrients concentration on periphyton respiration - implications of global change

Comparative ecology of Gammarus pulex (L.) and Asellus aquaticus (L.) I: population dynamics and microdistribution

scholarly article

Comparative ecology of Gammarus pulex (L.) and Asellus aquaticus (L.) II: fungal preferences

scholarly article

Continental-scale effects of nutrient pollution on stream ecosystem functioning.

scientific article

Conversion of leaf litter to secondary production by a shredding caddis-fly

article

Copper tolerant ecotypes of Heliscus lugdunensis differ in their ecological function and growth.

scientific article published on 3 December 2015

Decomposition of Fire ExposedEucalyptus Leaves in a Portuguese Lowland Stream

article

Degradation of leaf litter phenolics by aquatic and terrestrial isopods.

scientific article

Demixing/Mixing of Polystyrene with Poly(methylphenylsiloxane) in a Two-Step Cooling/Heating Process: Jump Spinodal Specification Method

Digestive tract and leaf processing capacity of the stream invertebrate Tipula lateralis

scientific article published in 2006

Do Invertebrate Activity and Current Velocity Affect Fungal Assemblage Structure in Leaves?

Do climate and soil influence phenotypic variability in leaf litter, microbial decomposition and shredder consumption?

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Effects of Eucalyptus plantations on detritus, decomposers, and detritivores in streams.

scientific article

Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Decomposition and Fungal Colonization of Sweet Chestnut Leaves in an Iberian Stream (Central Portugal)

article

Effects of litter diversity on decomposition and biological colonization of submerged litter in temperate and tropical streams

Effects of whole-stream nitrogen enrichment and litter species mixing on litter decomposition and associated fungi

Eucalyptus plantations affect fungal communities associated with leaf-litter decomposition in Iberian streams

article

Evaluation of stream ecological integrity using litter decomposition and benthic invertebrates.

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Feeding Preferences

Fungal Activity Associated with Decomposing Wood is Affected by Nitrogen Concentration in Water

Fungal species diversity affects leaf decomposition after drought

Global Patterns and Controls of Nutrient Immobilization on Decomposing Cellulose in Riverine Ecosystems

scientific article published in March 2022

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

scientific article

Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

scientific article published on 09 January 2019

Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates

scientific article published in 2011

Growth of Polystyrene Domains in Isotropic, Nematic and Smectic Phase of 8CB Liquid Crystal

scientific article

Human disturbance affects the long-term spatial synchrony of freshwater invertebrate communities

scientific article

Importance of fungi in the diet of Gammarus pulex and Asellus aquaticus I: feeding strategies

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

Importance of fungi in the diet of Gammarus pulex and Asellus aquaticus II. Effects on growth, reproduction and physiology

scientific article published on 01 December 1993

Invasion of temperate deciduous broadleaf forests by N‐fixing tree species – consequences for stream ecosystems

scientific article

Is diversity a buffer against environmental temperature fluctuations? – A decomposition experiment with aquatic fungi

scientific article published in 2015

Joint effects of climate warming and exotic litter (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) on stream detritivore fitness and litter breakdown

article

Joint effects of temperature and litter quality on detritivore-mediated breakdown in streams

scientific article published on 06 October 2018

Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition

scientific article

Latitudinal gradient of nestedness and its potential drivers in stream detritivores

scientific article published in 2015

Leaf Barriers to Fungal Colonization and Shredders ( Tipula lateralis ) Consumption of Decomposing Eucalyptus globulus

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Leaf litter as a possible food source for chironomids (Diptera) in Brazilian and Portuguese headwater streams

scientific article published in 2007

Leaf litter decomposition in remote oceanic island streams is driven by microbes and depends on litter quality and environmental conditions

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

Leaf-litter breakdown in 3 streams in temperate, Mediterranean, and tropical Cerrado climates

Leaf-litter decomposition across three flooding regimes in a seasonally flooded Amazonian watershed

scientific article published in 2011

Life History of Lepidostoma hirtum in an Iberian Stream and its Role in Organic Matter Processing

article

Litter Decomposition as an Indicator of Stream Ecosystem Functioning at Local-to-Continental Scales

scholarly article by Eric Chauvet published in January 2016

Litter Quality Is a Stronger Driver than Temperature of Early Microbial Decomposition in Oligotrophic Streams: a Microcosm Study

scientific article published on 27 September 2021

Litter breakdown in a stream affected by drainage from a gold mine

Litter in a first–order stream of a temperate deciduous forest (Margaraça Forest, central Portugal)

Memory Effects in Homopolymer Blends during Annealing

scientific article

Nutrient enrichment in water more than in leaves affects aquatic microbial litter processing.

scientific article

Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude.

scientific article

Role of physical fragmentation and invertebrate activity in the breakdown rate of leaves

Sediment Respiration Pulses in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams

scientific article

Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

Testing the use of the water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.) in laboratory toxicity assays.

scientific article published on 11 May 2007

The Iberian Rivers

scientific article

The breakdown of Blue Gum ( Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) bark in a Portuguese stream

article

The effect of temperature on leaf decomposition and diversity of associated aquatic hyphomycetes depends on the substrate

scientific article published in 2013

The effects of a basic effluent on macroinvertebrate community structure in a temporary Mediterranean river.

scientific article published in January 1996

The effects of eucalypt plantations on plant litter decomposition and macroinvertebrate communities in Iberian streams

article

The elaboration of indices to assess biological water quality. A case study

article by M.A.S. Graça & C.N. Coimbra published February 1998 in Water Research

The paradox of expert judgment in rivers ecological monitoring.

scientific article published on 23 October 2016

The quality and availability of fine particulate organic matter for collector species in headwater streams

The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

The role of the environment in the distribution and composition of Trichoptera assemblages in streams

article

Top-down and bottom-up control of epilithic periphyton in a tropical stream

Top-down and bottom-up control of litter decomposers in streams

Tropical freshwater sciences: an overview of ongoing tropical research

Uranium toxicity to aquatic invertebrates: A laboratory assay

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Water quality assessment of Portuguese streams: Regional or national predictive models?

article

Whole-stream nitrate addition affects litter decomposition and associated fungi but not invertebrates

article

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