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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones
Science Advances, Volume 5, No. 1, Article eaav0486, Year 2019
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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 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. Copyright © 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved.
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Tiegs, Scott Darel
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Costello, David M.
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Woodward, Guy
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McIntyre, Peter B.
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Gessner, Mark O.
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Chauvet, Éric E.
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Griffiths, Natalie A.
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Flecker, Alexander S.
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Acuña, Vicenç
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Albariño, Ricardo Javier
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Allen, Daniel C.
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Arango, Clay Porter
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Aroviita, Jukka
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Barmuta, Leon A.
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Baxter, Colden V.
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Bellinger, Brent J.
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Boyero, Luz
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Brown, Lee E.
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Bruder, Andreas
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Bruesewitz, Denise A.
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Burdon, Francis J.
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Callisto, Marcos
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Canhoto, C.
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Capps, Krista A.
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Colas, Fanny
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Colón-Gaud, Checo
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Cornut, Julien
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Crespo-Pérez, Verónica
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Cross, Wyatt F.
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Culp, Joseph M.
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Danger, Michaël
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Dangles, Olivier J.
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de Eyto, Elvira
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Derry, Alison Margaret
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Díaz-Villanueva, Verónica
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Douglas, Michael M.
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Elosegi, Arturo
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Encalada, Andrea C.
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Ferreira, Verónica
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Ferriol, Carmen
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Fleituch, Tadeusz
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Follstad-Shah, Jennifer J.
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Friberg, Nikolai R.
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Frost, Paul C.
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García, Erica A.
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Ghate, Sudeep Darbhe
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Giling, Darren P.
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Gonçalves-Júnior, José F.
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Graça, Manuel Augusto Simões
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Grossart, Hans Peter F.
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Guérold, François A.
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Ubiratan Hepp, Luiz Ubiratan
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Higgins, Scott N.
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Hishi, Takuo
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Iñiguez-Armijos, Carlos
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Iwata, Tomoya
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Kirkwood, Andrea E.
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Koning, Aaron A.
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Kosten, Sarian
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Kuehn, Kevin A.
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Laudon, Hjalmar
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Leavitt, Peter R.
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da Silva, Aurea Luiza Lemes
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Leroux, Shawn James
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LeRoy, Carri J.
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Lisi, Peter J.
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Marcarelli, Amy M.
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Masese, Frank Onderi
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McKie, Brendan G.L.
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Medeiros, Adriana Oliveira
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Miliša, Marko
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Miyake, Yo
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Mooney, Robert J.
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Muotka, Timo
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Negishi, Junjiro N.
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Nimptsch, Jorge
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Paavola, Riku
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Pardo, Isabel
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Patrick, Christopher J.
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Peeters, Edwin T.H.M.
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Pozo, Jeśus Óscar
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Pringle, Catherine M.
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Reid, Brian L.
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Richardson, John S.
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Rincón, José Elí
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Rîsnoveanu, Geta Risnoveanu@g Unibuc Ro
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Robinson, Christopher Thomas
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Rodríguez-Gallego, Lorena R.
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Royer, Todd V.
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Rusak, James A.
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Santamans, Anna C.
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Selmeczy, Géza Balázs
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Simiyu, Gelas M.
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Skuja, Agnija
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Smykla, Jerzy
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Sridhar, K. R.
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Sponseller, Ryan Allen
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Swan, Christopher M.
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Teixeira de Mello, Franco
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Tonkin, Jonathan D.
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Vilbaste, Sirje
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Wang, Chiaoping
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Webster, Jackson R.
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Woelfl, Stefan
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Xenopoulos, Marguerite A.
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Yates, Adam Gordon
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Yoshimura, Chihiro
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Yule, Catherine Mary
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Zhang, Yixin
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Zwart, Jacob A.
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Statistics
Citations: 128
Authors: 110
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1126/sciadv.aav0486
ISSN:
23752548
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Approach
Quantitative