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      Agriculture impairs stream ecosystem functioning in a tropical catchment 

      Cornejo, Aydeé; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; López Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Rovira, Dalys; Checa, Brenda; Jaramillo, Nicomedes; Correa, Karina; Villarreal, Allison; Villarreal, Víctor; García, Gabriela; Pérez, Edgar; Ríos González, Tomas A.; Aguirre, Yusseff; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Elsevier, 2020-11-25)
      The expansion of agriculture is particularly worrying in tropical regions of the world, where native forests are being replaced by crops at alarming rates, with severe consequences for biodiversity and ecosystems. However, ...
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      High Sensitivity of Invertebrate Detritivores from Tropical Streams to Different Pesticides 

      Cornejo, Aydeé; Encina Montoya, Francisco; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Rovira, Dalys; García, Gabriela; Nieto, Carlos; Villarreal, Víctor; Jaramillo, Nicomedes; Pérez, Edgar; Valderrama, Anayansi; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Elsevier, 2021-03-31)
      Freshwater organisms are often sensitive to pesticides, but their sensitivity varies across different taxa and with pesticide type and action mode, as shown by multiple acute toxicity tests. Such variability hampers ...
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      Impacts of Detritivore Diversity Loss on Instream Decomposition Are Greatest in the Tropics 

      Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; López Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Pearson, Richard G.; Bosch, Jaime; Albariño, Ricardo J.; Anbalagan, Sankarappan; Barmuta, Leon A.; Basaguren del Campo, Ana Luisa; Burdon, Francis J.; Caliman, Adriano; Callisto, Marcos; Calor, Adolfo R.; Campbell, Ian C.; Cardinale, Bradley J.; Casas Jiménez, José Jesús; Chara Serna, Ana M.; Chauvet, Eric; Ciapala, 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 Jr., José F.; Graça, Manuel A. S.; Gwinn, Daniel C.; Hall Jr., Robert O.; Hamada, Neusa; Hui, Cang; Imazawa, Daichi; Iwata, Tomoya; Kariuki, Samuel; Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea; Laymon, Kelsey; Leal, María; Marchant, Richard; Martins, Renato T.; Masese, Frank O.; Maul, Megan; McKie, Brendan G.; Medeiros, Adriana O.; M'Erimba, Charles; Middleton, Jen A.; Monroy Zarzuelo, Silvia ORCID; Muotka, Timo; Negishi, Junjiro N.; Ramírez, Alonso; Richardson, John S.; Rincón, José; Rubio Ríos, Juan; Dos Santos, Gisele M.; Sarremejane, Romain; Sheldon, Fran; Sitati, Augustine; Tenkiano, Nathalie S. D.; Tiegs, Scott D.; Tolod, Janine R.; Venarsky, Michael; Watson, Anne; Yule, Catherine M. (Springer, 2021-06-17)
      The relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence has come mostly from local studies and ...
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      Joint effects of warming and salinization on instream leaf litter decomposition assessed through a microcosm experiment 

      García, Gabriela; Pérez, Javier; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; Alonso Blanco, Alberto; Tuñón, Anyi; Pérez, Edgar; Cornejo, Aydée (Springer, 2024)
      Stream ecosystem functioning is often impaired by warming and salinization, but the joint effect of both environmental stressors on key processes such as leaf litter decomposition is virtually unknown, particularly in the ...
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      Latitude Dictates Plant Diversity Effects on Instream Decomposition 

      Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; 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 Jiménez, José Jesús; Chara Serna, Ana M.; Ciapala, Szymon; Chauvet, Eric; Colón-Gaud, Checo; Cornejo, Aydeé; Davis, Aaron M.; Degebrodt, Monika; Dias, Emerson S.; Díaz, María E.; Douglas, Michael M.; Elosegi Irurtia, Arturo ORCID; Encalada, Andrea C.; De Eyto, Elvira; Figueroa, Ricardo; Flecker, Alexander S.; Fleituch, Tadeusz; Frainer, André; Franca, Juliana S.; García, Erica A.; García, Gabriela; García, Pavel; Gessner, Mark O.; Giller, Paul S.; Gómez, Jesús E.; Gómez, Sergio; Gonçalves Jr., José F.; Graça, Manuel A. S.; Hall Jr., Robert O.; Hamada, Neusa; Hepp, Luiz U.; Hui, Cang; Imazawa, Daichi; Iwata, Tomoya; Edson Jr., S. A.; Kariuki, Samuel; Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea; Leal, María; 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 Martínez, Jesús ORCID; 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. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021-03)
      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 ...
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      Litter Decomposition can be Reduced by Pesticide Effects on Detritivores and Decomposers: Implications for Tropical Stream Functioning 

      Cornejo, Aydeé; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; López Rojo, Naiara; García, Gabriela; Pérez, Edgar; Guerra, Alisson; Nieto, Carlos; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Elsevier, 2021-04-28)
      Understanding which factors affect the process of leaf litter decomposition is crucial if we are to predict changes in the functioning of stream ecosystems as a result of human activities. One major activity with known ...