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

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.

SUBMITTER: Tiegs SD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326750 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Tiegs Scott D SD Costello David M DM Isken Mark W MW Woodward Guy G McIntyre Peter B PB Gessner Mark O MO Chauvet Eric E Griffiths Natalie A NA Flecker Alex S AS Acuña Vicenç V Albariño Ricardo R Allen Daniel C DC Alonso Cecilia C Andino Patricio P Arango Clay C Aroviita Jukka J Barbosa Marcus V M MVM Barmuta Leon A LA Baxter Colden V CV Bell Thomas D C TDC Bellinger Brent B Boyero Luz L Brown Lee E LE Bruder Andreas A Bruesewitz Denise A DA Burdon Francis J FJ Callisto Marcos M Canhoto Cristina C Capps Krista A KA Castillo María M MM Clapcott Joanne J Colas Fanny F Colón-Gaud Checo C Cornut Julien J Crespo-Pérez Verónica V Cross Wyatt F WF Culp Joseph M JM Danger Michael M Dangles Olivier O de Eyto Elvira E Derry Alison M AM Villanueva Veronica Díaz VD Douglas Michael M MM Elosegi Arturo A Encalada Andrea C AC Entrekin Sally S Espinosa Rodrigo R Ethaiya Diana D Ferreira Verónica V Ferriol Carmen C Flanagan Kyla M KM Fleituch Tadeusz T Follstad Shah Jennifer J JJ Frainer Barbosa André A Friberg Nikolai N Frost Paul C PC Garcia Erica A EA García Lago Liliana L García Soto Pavel Ernesto PE Ghate Sudeep S Giling Darren P DP Gilmer Alan A Gonçalves José Francisco JF Gonzales Rosario Karina RK Graça Manuel A S MAS Grace Mike M Grossart Hans-Peter HP Guérold François F Gulis Vlad V Hepp Luiz U LU Higgins Scott S Hishi Takuo T Huddart Joseph J Hudson John J Imberger Samantha S Iñiguez-Armijos Carlos C Iwata Tomoya T Janetski David J DJ Jennings Eleanor E Kirkwood Andrea E AE Koning Aaron A AA Kosten Sarian S Kuehn Kevin A KA Laudon Hjalmar H Leavitt Peter R PR Lemes da Silva Aurea L AL Leroux Shawn J SJ LeRoy Carri J CJ Lisi Peter J PJ MacKenzie Richard R Marcarelli Amy M AM Masese Frank O FO McKie Brendan G BG Oliveira Medeiros Adriana A Meissner Kristian K Miliša Marko M Mishra Shailendra S Miyake Yo Y Moerke Ashley A Mombrikotb Shorok S Mooney Rob R Moulton Tim T Muotka Timo T Negishi Junjiro N JN Neres-Lima Vinicius V Nieminen Mika L ML Nimptsch Jorge J Ondruch Jakub J Paavola Riku R Pardo Isabel I Patrick Christopher J CJ Peeters Edwin T H M ETHM Pozo Jesus J Pringle Catherine C Prussian Aaron A Quenta Estefania E Quesada Antonio A Reid Brian B Richardson John S JS Rigosi Anna A Rincón José J Rîşnoveanu Geta G Robinson Christopher T CT Rodríguez-Gallego Lorena L Royer Todd V TV Rusak James A JA Santamans Anna C AC Selmeczy Géza B GB Simiyu Gelas G Skuja Agnija A Smykla Jerzy J Sridhar Kandikere R KR Sponseller Ryan R Stoler Aaron A Swan Christopher M CM Szlag David D Teixeira-de Mello Franco F Tonkin Jonathan D JD Uusheimo Sari S Veach Allison M AM Vilbaste Sirje S Vought Lena B M LBM Wang Chiao-Ping CP Webster Jackson R JR Wilson Paul B PB Woelfl Stefan S Xenopoulos Marguerite A MA Yates Adam G AG Yoshimura Chihiro C Yule Catherine M CM Zhang Yixin X YX Zwart Jacob A JA

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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 si ...[more]

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

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