The riverine bioreactor: An integrative perspective on biological decomposition of organic matter across riverine habitats

I Peralta-Maraver, R Stubbington, S Arnon… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Riverine ecosystems can be conceptualized as 'bioreactors'(the riverine bioreactor) which
retain and decompose a wide range of organic substrates. The metabolic performance of the …

Metabolic theory and the temperature-size rule explain the temperature dependence of population carrying capacity

JR Bernhardt, JM Sunday… - The American …, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
The temperature dependence of highly conserved subcellular metabolic systems affects
ecological patterns and processes across scales, from organisms to ecosystems. Population …

A simple model predicts how warming simplifies wild food webs

EJ O'Gorman, OL Petchey, KJ Faulkner, B Gallo… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Warming increases the metabolic demand of consumers, strengthening their feeding
interactions. This could alter energy fluxes,–and even amplify extinction rates within the food …

Smaller species but larger stages: Warming effects on inter‐and intraspecific community size structure

W Uszko, M Huss, A Gårdmark - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming can alter size distributions of animal communities, but the contribution of
size shifts within versus between species to such changes remains unknown. In particular, it …

Individual variation and interactions explain food web responses to global warming

A Gårdmark, M Huss - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding food web responses to global warming, and their consequences for
conservation and management, requires knowledge on how responses vary both among …

[HTML][HTML] Heatwaves, elevated temperatures, and a pesticide cause interactive effects on multi-trophic levels of a freshwater ecosystem

M Hermann, ETHM Peeters, PJ Van den Brink - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate impacts of elevated temperatures and more severe and frequent weather extremes
like heatwaves are globally becoming discernible on nature. While a mechanistic …

[HTML][HTML] Regional impacts of warming on biodiversity and biomass in high latitude stream ecosystems across the Northern Hemisphere

MC Jackson, N Friberg, L Moliner Cachazo… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Warming can have profound impacts on ecological communities. However, explorations of
how differences in biogeography and productivity might reshape the effect of warming have …

[HTML][HTML] Urbanisation affects ecosystem functioning more than structure in tropical streams

F Wiederkehr, CL Wilkinson, Y Zeng, DCJ Yeo… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urbanisation poses a clear threat to tropical freshwater streams, yet fundamental knowledge
gaps hinder our ability to effectively conserve stream biodiversity and preserve ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics

GQ Romero, NAC Marino, AAM MacDonald… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in global and regional precipitation regimes are among the most
pervasive components of climate change. Intensification of rainfall cycles, ranging from …

Size‐based ecological interactions drive food web responses to climate warming

M Lindmark, J Ohlberger, M Huss… - Ecology Letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting climate change impacts on animal communities requires knowledge of how
physiological effects are mediated by ecological interactions. Food‐dependent growth and …