Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Boyero, Luz, Graça, Manuel A. S., Tonin, Alan M., Pérez, Javier, Swafford, Andrew J., Ferreira, Verónica, Landeira Dabarca, Andrea, Alexandrou, Markos A., Gessner, Mark O., McKie, Brendan G., Albariño, Ricardo Javier, Barmuta, Leon A., Callisto, Marcos, Chará, Julián, Chauvet, Eric, Colón Gaud, Checo, Dudgeon, David, Encalada, Andrea C., Figueroa, Ricardo, Flecker, Alexander S., Fleituch, Tadeusz, Frainer, André, Gonçalves Jr., José F., Helson, Julie E., Iwata, Tomoya, Mathooko, Jude, M' Erimba, Charles, Pringle, Catherine M., Ramírez, Alonso, Swan, Christopher M., Yule, Catherine M., Pearson, Richard G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: leaf litter nutrients and toughness; organic matter cycling; stream ecology; tropical vs. temperate global assesment; Otras Ciencias Biológicas; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS; Arctic; Argentina; Colón; Ferreira; Figueroa; Marcos; Noruega; Norway; Patagonia; Quito; Ricardo; Arctic University of Norway; UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/34999

Plant litter represents a major basal resource in streams, where its decomposition is partly regulated by litter traits. Litter-trait variation may determine the latitudinal gradient in decomposition in streams, which is mainly microbial in the tropics and detritivore-mediated at high latitudes. How...