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Tiegs, S., Costello, D., Isken, M., Woodward, G., McIntyre, P., Gessner, M., Chauvet, E., Griffiths, N., Flecker, A., Acuña, V., Albariño, R., Allen, D., Alonso, C., Andino, P., Arango, C., Aroviita, J., Barbosa, M., Barmuta, L., Baxter, C., Bell, T., Bellinger, B., Boyero, L., Brown, L., Bruder, A., Bruesewitz, D., Burdon, F., Callisto, M., Canhoto, C., Capps, K., Castillo, M., Clapcott, J., Colas, F., Colón-Gaud, C., Cornut, J., Crespo-Pérez, V., Cross, W., Culp, J., Danger, M., Dangles, O., de Eyto, E., Derry, A., Villanueva, V., Douglas, M., Elosegi, A., Encalada, A., Entrekin, S., Espinosa, R., Ethaiya, D., Ferreira, V., Ferriol, C., Flanagan, K., Fleituch, T., Follstad Shah, J., Frainer Barbosa, A., Friberg, N., Frost, P., Garcia, E., García Lago, L., García Soto, P., Ghate, S., Giling, D., Gilmer, A., Gonçalves, J., Gonzales, R., Graça, M., Grace, M., Grossart, H., Guérold, F., Gulis, V., Hepp, L., Higgins, S., Hishi, T., Huddart, J., Hudson, J., Imberger, S., Iñiguez-Armijos, C., Iwata, T., Janetski, D., Jennings, E., Kirkwood, A., Koning, A., Kosten, S., Kuehn, K., Laudon, H., Leavitt, P., Lemes da Silva, A., Leroux, S., LeRoy, C., Lisi, P., MacKenzie, R., Marcarelli, A., Masese, F., McKie, B., Oliveira Medeiros, A., Meissner, K., Miliša, M., Mishra, S., Miyake, Y., Moerke, A., Mombrikotb, S., Mooney, R., Moulton, T., Muotka, T., Negishi, J., Neres-Lima, V., Nieminen, M., Nimptsch, J., Ondruch, J., Paavola, R., Pardo, I., Patrick, C., Peeters, E., Pozo, J., Pringle, C., Prussian, A., Quenta, E., Quesada, A., Reid, B., Richardson, J., Rigosi, A., Rincón, J., Rîşnoveanu, G., Robinson, C., Rodríguez-Gallego, L., Royer, T., Rusak, J., Santamans, A., Selmeczy, G., Simiyu, G., Skuja, A., Smykla, J., Sridhar, K., Sponseller, R., Stoler, A., Swan, C., Szlag, D., Teixeira-de Mello, F., Tonkin, J., Uusheimo, S., Veach, A., Vilbaste, S., Vought, L., Wang, C., Webster, J., Wilson, P., Woelfl, S., Xenopoulos, M., Yates, A., Yoshimura, C., Yule, C., Zhang, Y., Zwart, J. (2019) Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones. Science advances, 5 (1), eaav0486. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav0486

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

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Author: Tiegs, Scott D.1; Costello, David M.2; Isken, Mark W.3;
Woodward, Guy4; McIntyre, Peter B.5; Gessner, Mark O.6; Chauvet, Eric7; Griffiths, Natalie A.8,9; Flecker, Alex S.5; Acuna, Vicenc10; Albarino, Ricardo11; Allen, Daniel C.12; Alonso, Cecilia13; Andino, Patricio14; Arango, Clay15; Aroviita, Jukka16; Barbosa, Marcus V. M.17; Barmuta, Leon A.18; Baxter, Colden V.19; Bell, Thomas D. C.4; Bellinger, Brent20; Boyero, Luz21; Brown, Lee E.22; Bruder, Andreas23; Bruesewitz, Denise A.24; Burdon, Francis J.25; Callisto, Marcos26; Canhoto, Cristina27; Capps, Krista A.28,29; Castillo, Maria M.30; Clapcott, Joanne31; Colas, Fanny32; Colon-Gaud, Checo33; Cornut, Julien34; Crespo-Perez, Veronica14; Cross, Wyatt F.35; Culp, Joseph M.36,37; Danger, Michael38,39; Dangles, Olivier40; de Eyto, Elvira41; Derry, Alison M.42; Diaz Villanueva, Veronica43; Douglas, Michael M.44,45; Elosegi, Arturo21; Encalada, Andrea C.46; Entrekin, Sally47; Espinosa, Rodrigo14; Ethaiya, Diana1; Ferreira, Veronica48,49; Ferriol, Carmen50; Flanagan, Kyla M.51; Fleituch, Tadeusz52; Shah, Jennifer J. Follstad53; Frainer, Andre54; Friberg, Nikolai55,56; Frost, Paul C.57; Garcia, Erica A.58; Lago, Liliana Garcia59; Garcia Soto, Pavel Ernesto60; Ghate, Sudeep61; Giling, Darren P.62; Gilmer, Alan63; Goncalves, Jose Francisco, Jr.64; Gonzales, Rosario Karina65; Graca, Manuel A. S.48,49; Grace, Mike66; Grossart, Hans-Peter67,68; Guerold, Francois39; Gulis, Vlad69; Hepp, Luiz U.70; Higgins, Scott71; Hishi, Takuo72; Huddart, Joseph73; Hudson, John74; Imberger, Samantha75; Iniguez-Armijos, Carlos76; Iwata, Tomoya77; Janetski, David J.78; Jennings, Eleanor79; Kirkwood, Andrea E.80; Koning, Aaron A.81; Kosten, Sarian82; Kuehn, Kevin A.83; Laudon, Hjalmar84; Leavitt, Peter R.85,86; Lemes da Silva, Aurea L.87; Leroux, Shawn J.88; Leroy, Carri J.89; Lisi, Peter J.81; MacKenzie, Richard90; Marcarelli, Amy M.91; Masese, Frank O.92; Mckie, Brendan G.93; Oliveira Medeiros, Adriana94; Meissner, Kristian95; Milisa, Marko96; Mishra, Shailendra97; Miyake, Yo98; Moerke, Ashley99; Mombrikotb, Shorok4; Mooney, Rob81; Moulton, Tim100; Muotka, Timo101; Negishi, Junjiro N.102; Neres-Lima, Vinicius100; Nieminen, Mika L.103; Nimptsch, Jorge104; Ondruch, Jakub105; Paavola, Riku106; Pardo, Isabel59; Patrick, Christopher J.107; Peeters, Edwin T. H. M.108; Pozo, Jesus21; Pringle, Catherine28; Prussian, Aaron31,109; Quenta, Estefania65; Quesada, Antonio110; Reid, Brian111; Richardson, John S.112; Rigosi, Anna113; Rincon, Jose114; Risnoveanu, Geta115; Robinson, Christopher T.116; Rodriguez-Gallego, Lorena117; Royer, Todd V.118; Rusak, James A.119; Santamans, Anna C.120; Selmeczy, Geza B.121; Simiyu, Gelas122; Skuja, Agnija123; Smykla, Jerzy52; Sridhar, Kandikere R.61; Sponseller, Ryan124; Stoler, Aaron125; Swan, Christopher M.126; Szlag, David127; Teixeira-de Mello, Franco128; Tonkin, Jonathan D.129; Uusheimo, Sari130; Veach, Allison M.131; Vilbaste, Sirje132; Vought, Lena B. M.133; Wang, Chiao-Ping134; Webster, Jackson R.135; Wilson, Paul B.136; Woelfl, Stefan104; Xenopoulos, Marguerite A.57; Yates, Adam G.137,138; Yoshimura, Chihiro139; Yule, Catherine M.140; Zhang, Yixin X.141; Zwart, Jacob A.142
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2Kent State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Kent, OH 44242 USA.
3Oakland Univ, Dept Decis & Informat Sci, Rochester, MI 48063 USA.
4Imperial Coll London, Dept Life Sci, London, England.
5Cornell Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ithaca, NY USA.
6Berlin Inst Technol TU Berlin, Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries I, Dept Expt Limnol, Berlin, Germany.
7Univ Toulouse, CNRS, Lab Funct Ecol & Environm EcoLab, Toulouse, France.
8Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Climate Change Sci Inst, Oak Ridge, TN USA.
9Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Environm Sci, POB 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA.
10Catalan Inst Water Res, Girona, Spain.
11Univ Nacl Comahue, INIBIOMA UNComahue CONICET, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina.
12Univ Oklahoma, Dept Biol, Norman, OK 73019 USA.
13Univ Republ, Univ Ctr Eastern Reg, Punta Del Este, Uruguay.
14Pontifical Catholic Univ Ecuador, Sch Biol Sci, Limnol Lab, QCAZ I Museum, Quito, Ecuador.
15Cent Washington Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Ellensburg, WA USA.
16Finnish Environm Inst SYKE, Oulu, Finland.
17Fed Univ Tocantins, Lab Environm Microbiol, Palmas, Brazil.
18Univ Tasmania, Dept Biol Sci, Hobart, Tas, Australia.
19Idaho State Univ, Dept Biol, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA.
20Watershed Protect Dept, Austin, TX USA.
21Univ Basque Country UPV EHU, Dept Plant Biol & Ecol, Bilbao, Spain.
22Univ Leeds, Sch Geog, Water Leeds, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England.
23Univ Appl Sci & Arts Southern Switzerland, Appl Microbiol Lab, Manno, Switzerland.
24Colby Coll, Environm Studies Program, Waterville, ME 04901 USA.
25Swiss Fed Inst Aquat Sci & Technol, Dubendorf, Switzerland.
26Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Gen Biol Dept, Inst Biol Sci, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
27Univ Coimbra, Dept Life Sci, Ctr Funct Ecol, Coimbra, Portugal.
28Univ Georgia, Odum Sch Ecol, Athens, GA 30602 USA.
29Univ Georgia, Savannah River Ecol Lab, Athens, GA 30602 USA.
30El Colegio Frontera Sur, Dept Ciencias Sustentabilidad, Villahermosa, Mexico.
31Cawthron Inst, Nelson, New Zealand.
32Irstea, UR RECOVER, Pole AFB Irstea Hydroecol Plans Eau, Aix En Provence, France.
33Georgia Southern Univ, Dept Biol, Statesboro, GA USA.
34Univ Appl Sci & Arts Southern Switzerland, Inst Earth Sci, Canobbio, Switzerland.
35Montana State Univ, Dept Ecol, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA.
36Wilfrid Laurier Univ, Environm & Climate Change Canada, Geog & Environm Studies, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
37Wilfrid Laurier Univ, Dept Biol, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
38Univ Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, Nancy, France.
39Univ Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, Metz, France.
40Univ Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ctr Ecol Fonct & Evolut,IRD, Montpellier, France.
41Inst Marine, Newport, Ireland.
42Univ Quebec Montreal, Dept Biol Sci, Montreal, PQ, Canada.
43INIBIOMA CONICET, Lab Limnol, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina.
44Univ Western Australia, Sch Biol Sci, Natl Environm Sci Program, Crawley, Australia.
45Univ Western Australia, Sch Agr & Environm, Crawley, Australia.
46Univ San Francisco Quito, Inst BIOSFERA, Colegio Ciencias Biol & Ambientales, Quito, Ecuador.
47Virginia Tech, Dept Entomol, Blacksburg, VA USA.
48Univ Coimbra, Dept Life Sci, Coimbra, Portugal.
49Univ Coimbra, MARE Marine & Environm Sci Ctr, Coimbra, Portugal.
50Univ Valencia, Dept Microbiol & Ecol, Burjassot, Spain.
51Univ Calgary, Dept Biol Sci, Calgary, AB, Canada.
52Polish Acad Sci, Inst Nat Conservat, Krakow, Poland.
53Univ Utah, Dept Geog, Environm & Sustainabil Studies Program, Salt Lake City, UT USA.
54UiT Arctic Univ Norway, Dept Arctic & Marine Biol, Tromso, Norway.
55Norsk Inst Vannforskning NIVA, Oslo, Norway.
56Univ Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
57Trent Univ, Dept Biol, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
58Charles Darwin Univ, Res Inst Environm & Livelihoods, Casuarina, Australia.
59Univ Vigo, Dept Ecol & Anim Biol, Pontevedra, Spain.
60Univ San Carlos, Dept Biol, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
61Mangalore Univ, Dept Biosci, Konaje, India.
62Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries I, Stechlin, Germany.
63Dublin Inst Technol, Environm Sustainabil & Hlth Inst, Dublin, Ireland.
64Univ Brazil, Dept Ecol, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
65Univ San Andres, Inst Ecol, La Paz, Bolivia.
66Monash Univ, Sch Chem, Water Studies Ctr, Clayton, Vic, Australia.
67Leibniz Inst Freshwater Ecol & Inland Fisheries I, Dept Expt Limnol, Stechlin, Germany.
68Potsdam Univ, Inst Biochem & Biol, Potsdam, Germany.
69Coastal Carolina Univ, Dept Biol, Conway, SC USA.
70Reg Integrated Univ Upper Uruguay & Missions, Dept Biol Sci, Erechim, Brazil.
71IISD Expt Lakes Area Inc, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
72Kyushu Univ, Shiiba Res Forest, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan.
73Imperial Coll London, Dept Life Sci, Ascot, Berks, England.
74Aquat Alaska, Juneau, AK USA.
75Univ Melbourne, Sch Ecosyst & Forest Sci, Richmond, Australia.
76Univ Tecn Particular Loja, Dept Ciencias Biol, Loja, Ecuador.
77Univ Yamanashi, Dept Environm Sci, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
78Indiana Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Indiana, PA 15705 USA.
79Dundalk Inst Technol, Dundalk, Ireland.
80Univ Ontario Inst Technol, Fac Sci, Oshawa, ON, Canada.
81Univ Wisconsin, Ctr Limnol, Madison, WI 53706 USA.
82Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Water & Wetland Res, Dept Aquat Ecol & Environm Biol, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
83Univ Southern Mississippi, Sch Biol Environm & Earth Sci, Hattiesburg, MS USA.
84Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Forest Ecol & Management, Umea, Sweden.
85Univ Regina, Dept Biol, Regina, SK, Canada.
86Queens Univ Belfast, Belfast, Antrim, North Ireland.
87Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Dept Ecol & Zool, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil.
88Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Biol, St John, NB, Canada.
89Evergreen State Coll, Environm Studies Program, Olympia, WA 98505 USA.
90US Forest Serv, Inst Pacific Isl Forestry, USDA, Pacific Southwest Res Stn, Hilo, HI USA.
91Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Houghton, MI 49931 USA.
92Univ Eldoret, Dept Fisheries & Aquat Sci, Eldoret, Kenya.
93Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Sect Ecol & Biodivers, Dept Aquat Sci & Assessment, Uppsala, Sweden.
94Univ Fed Bahia, Inst Biol, Lab Environm Microbiol, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
95Finnish Environm Inst SYKE, Programme Environm Informat, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
96Univ Zagreb, Dept Biol, Zagreb, Croatia.
97Singapore Ctr Environm Life Sci Engn SCELSE, Singapore, Singapore.
98Ehime Univ, Grad Sch Sci & Engn, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.
99Lake Super State Univ, Ctr Freshwater Res & Educ, Sault Ste Marie, MI USA.
100Univ Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Ecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
101Univ Oulu, Dept Ecol & Genet, Oulu, Finland.
102Hokkaido Univ, Fac Environm Earth Sci, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
103Univ Jyvaskyla, Dept Biol & Environm Sci, Tampere, Finland.
104Univ Austral Chile, Inst Ciencias Marinas & Limnol, Valdivia, Chile.
105Masaryk Univ, Dept Geog, Brno, Czech Republic.
106Univ Oulu, Oulanka Res Stn, Oulu, Finland.
107Texas A&M Univ Corpus Christi, Dept Life Sci, Corpus Christi, TX USA.
108Wageningen Univ, Aquat Ecol & Water Qual Management Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands.
109US Forest Serv, Tongass Natl Forest, Sitka, AK USA.
110Autonomous Univ Madrid, Dept Biol, Madrid, Spain.
111Ctr Invest Ecosistemas Patagonia, Res Ctr Ecosyst Patagonia, Coyhaique, Chile.
112Univ British Columbia, Dept Forest & Conservat Sci, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
113Univ Adelaide, Inst Environm, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Water Res Ctr, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
114Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias, Dept Biol, Cuenca, Venezuela.
115Univ Bucharest, Dept Syst Ecol, Bucharest, Romania.
116Eawag Swiss Fed Inst Aquat Sci & Technol, Dept Aquat Ecol, Dubendorf, Switzerland.
117Ctr Univ Reg Este, Ecol Func Sistemas Acuat, Treinta Y Tres, Uruguay.
118Indiana Univ, Sch Publ & Environm Affairs, Bloomington, IN USA.
119Ontario Minist Environm & Climate Change, Dorset Environm Sci Ctr, Dorset, ON, Canada.
120Univ Valencia, Cavanilles Inst Biodivers & Evolutionary Biol, Valencia, Spain.
121Univ Pannonia, Dept Limnol, Veszprem, Hungary.
122Univ Eldoret, Sch Environm Studies, Eldoret, Kenya.
123Univ Latvia, Inst Biol, Salaspils, Latvia.
124Umea Univ, Dept Ecol & Environm Sci, Umea, Sweden.
125Stockton Univ, Sch Nat Sci & Math, Galloway, NJ USA.
126Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Dept Geog & Environm Syst, Baltimore, MD 21228 USA.
127Oakland Univ, Dept Chem, Rochester, MI 48309 USA.
128Univ Republ Uruguay, Dept Ecol & Gest Ambiental, Ctr Univ Reg Este, Trienta Y Tres, Uruguay.
129Univ Canterbury, Sch Biol Sci, Christchurch, New Zealand.
130Univ Helsinki, Lammi Biol Stn, Lammi, Finland.
131Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Biosci Div, Oak Ridge, TN USA.
132Estonian Univ Life Sci, Inst Agr & Environm Sci, Tartu, Estonia.
133Kristianstad Univ, Dept Environm Sci & Biosci, Kristianstad, Sweden.
134Taiwan Forestry Res Inst, Div Silviculture, Taipei, Taiwan.
135Virginia Tech, Dept Biol Sci, Blacksburg, VA USA.
136East Stroudsburg Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Stroudsburg, PA USA.
137Western Univ, Dept Geog, London, ON, Canada.
138Canadian Rivers Inst, London, ON, Canada.
139Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Tokyo, Japan.
140Univ Sunshine Coast, Sch Sci & Engn, Sippy Downs, Qld, Australia.
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Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019102935511
Language: English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019
Publish Date: 2019-10-29
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Abstract

River ecosystems receive and process vast quantities of terrestrial organic carbon, the fate of which depends strongly on microbial activity. Variation in and controls of processing rates, however, are poorly characterized at the global scale. In response, we used a peer-sourced research network and a highly standardized carbon processing assay to conduct a global-scale field experiment in greater than 1000 river and riparian sites. We found that Earth’s biomes have distinct carbon processing signatures. Slow processing is evident across latitudes, whereas rapid rates are restricted to lower latitudes. Both the mean rate and variability decline with latitude, suggesting temperature constraints toward the poles and greater roles for other environmental drivers (e.g., nutrient loading) toward the equator. These results and data set the stage for unprecedented “next-generation biomonitoring” by establishing baselines to help quantify environmental impacts to the functioning of ecosystems at a global scale.

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Series: Science advances
ISSN: 2375-2548
ISSN-E: 2375-2548
ISSN-L: 2375-2548
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Article number: eaav0486
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav0486
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav0486
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
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Funding: This research was supported by awards to S.D.T. from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Science [Secretaría de Educación Superior Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENESCYT)] through the PROMETEO scholar exchange program, the Oakland University Research Development Grant program, and a Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation research grant. N.A.G. was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. We are grateful for open-access-publishing funds from Kresge Library at Oakland University and Queen’s University Belfast.
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