ArticleNature communications2016
Ecological responses to experimental glacier-runoff reduction in alpine rivers.
Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A global synthesis of biodiversity responses to glacier retreat.Nature ecology & evolution · 2019Pooled it
- Hydrodynamics rather than water temperature shapes the macroinvertebrate communities in alpine rivers on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2026Article
- Climate change and the biodiversity of alpine ponds: Challenges and perspectives.Ecology and evolution · 2024Review
- Hidden Decomposers: the Role of Bacteria and Fungi in Recently Intermittent Alpine Streams Heterotrophic Pathways.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- A whole-ecosystem experiment reveals flow-induced shifts in a stream community.Communications biology · 2022Article
- Conservation threats and future prospects for the freshwater fishes of Ecuador: A hotspot of Neotropical fish diversity.Journal of fish biology · 2021Review
- Structural and functional responses of invertebrate communities to climate change and flow regulation in alpine catchments.Global change biology · 2019Article
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- Glacier shrinkage driving global changes in downstream systems.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
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Abstract
Glacier retreat is a worldwide phenomenon with important consequences for the hydrological cycle and downstream ecosystem structure and functioning. To determine the effects of glacier retreat on aquatic communities, we conducted a 4-year flow manipulation in a tropical glacier-fed stream. Compared with an adjacent reference stream, meltwater flow reduction induces significant changes in benthic fauna community composition in less than 2 weeks. Also, both algal and herbivore biomass significantly increase in the manipulated stream as a response to flow reduction. After the flow reduction ceased, the system requires 14-16 months to return to its pre-perturbation state. These results are supported by a multi-stream survey of sites varying in glacial influence, showing an abrupt increase in algal and herbivore biomass below 11% glacier cover in the catchment. This study shows that flow reduction strongly affects glacier-fed stream biota, prefiguring profound ecological effects of ongoing glacier retreat on aquatic systems.
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