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

Boyero, Luz; G. Pearson, Richard; O. Gessner, Mark; A. Barmuta, Leon; Ferreira, Verónica; A. S. Graça, Manuel; Dudgeon, David; J. Boulton, Andrew; Callisto, Marcos; Chauvet, Éric; E. Helson, Julie; Bruder, Andreas; Albariño, Ricardo; M. Yule, Catherine; Arunachalam, M.; N. Davies, Judy; Figueroa, Ricardo; S. Flecker, Alexander; Ramírez, Alonso; G. Death, Russell; Iwata, Tomoya; M. Mathooko, Jude; Mathuriau, Catherine; Francisco Gonçalves, José; S. Moretti, Marcelo; Jinggut, Tajang; Lamothe, Sylvain; M’Erimba, Charles; Ratnarajah, Lavenia; Schindler, Markus; Castela, José; Buria, Leonardo; Cornejo, Aydeé; Díaz Villanueva, Verónica; C. West, Derek

doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01578.x

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

Published in Ecology Letters • Feb 8, 2011

Authors:

Luz Boyero

Richard G. Pearson

Mark O. Gessner

Abstract

The decomposition of plant litter is one of the most important ecosystem processes in the biosphere and is particularly sensitive to climate warming. Aquatic ecosystems are well suited to studying warming effects on decomposition because the otherwise confounding influence of moisture is constant. B...

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Carbon sequestration

Global warming

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