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Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition.
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Luz BoyeroDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain. luz.boyero@ehu.eus.ORCID 0000-0001-7366-9299
Javier PérezDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6305-4151
Naiara López-RojoDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5952-6950
Alan M ToninLimnology-Aquaripária Lab, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8463-8823
Francisco Correa-AranedaInstituto Iberoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-6670-6661
Richard G PearsonCentre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6047-031X
Jaime BoschResearch Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC, UO, PA), Oviedo University, Mieres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0099-7934
Ricardo J AlbariñoINIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina.
Sankarappan AnbalaganDepartment of Zoology, Government of Arts College of Melur, Madurai, TN, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0443-5450
Leon A BarmutaSchool of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8946-3727
Leah BeesleySchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4850-6388
Francis J BurdonDepartment of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5398-4993
Adriano CalimanDepartment of Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9218-5601
Marcos CallistoLaboratório de Ecologia de Bentos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2341-4700
Ian C CampbellRhithroecology Pty Ltd., VIC, Australia.
Bradley J CardinaleDepartment of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA.
J Jesús CasasDepartment of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0928-0080
Ana M Chará-SernaCentro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria (CIPAV), Cali, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0003-4930-207X
Szymon CiapałaFaculty of Tourism and Leisure, University of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland.
Eric ChauvetLaboratoire Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse-CNRS, Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8676-392X
Checo Colón-GaudDepartment of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.
Aydeé CornejoFreshwater Macroinvertebrate Laboratory, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (COZEM-ICGES), Panama City, Panama.ORCID 0000-0001-6789-5847
Aaron M DavisCentre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8278-9599
Monika DegebrodtDepartment of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Stechlin, Germany.
Emerson S DiasDepartment of Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
María E DíazLaboratorio de Limnología y Recursos Hídricos, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-2996-7325
Michael M DouglasSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Arturo ElosegiDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8809-8484
Andrea C EncaladaInstituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-2497-6086
Elvira de EytoMarine Institute, Furnace, Newport, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-2281-2491
Ricardo FigueroaFacultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-2715-5275
Alexander S FleckerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4636-2109
Tadeusz FleituchInstitute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9362-2703
André FrainerNorwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-3703-7152
Juliana S FrançaPrograma de Capacitação Institucional (PCI/INMA), National Institute of the Atlantic Forest, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4862-6881
Erica A GarcíaResearch Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, NT, Australia.
Gabriela GarcíaWater Laboratory and Physicochemical Services (LASEF), Autonomous University of Chiriqui, David City, Panama.ORCID 0000-0003-2604-1516
Pavel GarcíaEscuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala.ORCID 0000-0002-1089-3557
Mark O GessnerDepartment of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Stechlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2516-7416
Paul S GillerSchool of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland.
Jesús E GómezDepartamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sergio GómezDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Jose F GonçalvesLimnology-Aquaripária Lab, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8191-2113
Manuel A S GraçaDepartment of Life Sciences and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6470-8919
Robert O HallFlathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0763-5346
Neusa HamadaCoordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3526-5426
Luiz U HeppUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8499-9549
Cang HuiDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa.
Daichi ImazawaIntegrated Graduate School of Medicine, Engineering and Agricultural Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9896-7794
Tomoya IwataFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
Edson S A JuniorInstituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil.
Samuel KariukiEgerton University, Egerton, Kenya.
Andrea Landeira-DabarcaDepartment of Life Sciences and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
María LealLaboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Ecología Fluvial, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela.
Kaisa LehosmaaDepartment of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-6810-3282
Charles M'ErimbaEgerton University, Egerton, Kenya.
Richard MarchantDepartment of Entomology, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Renato T MartinsCoordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3464-7905
Frank O MaseseDepartment of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-5912-5049
Megan CamdenDepartment of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4169-6692
Brendan G McKieDepartment of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1796-9497
Adriana O MedeirosInstituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil.
Jen A MiddletonSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6993-9804
Timo MuotkaDepartment of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Junjiro N NegishiFaculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Jesús PozoDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
Alonso RamírezDepartment of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9985-5719
Renan S RezendeProgram of Postgraduate in Environmental Science, Communitarian University of Chapecó Region, Santa Catarina, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4129-0863
John S RichardsonDepartment of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8135-7447
José RincónLaboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Ecología Fluvial, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela.
Juan Rubio-RíosDepartment of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5335-1766
Claudia SerranoInstituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Angela R ShafferDepartment of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.
Fran SheldonAustralian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9944-6392
Christopher M SwanDepartment of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Nathalie S D TenkianoUniversité Julius N'Yerere de Kankan, Kankan, Guinea.
Scott D TiegsDepartment of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1660-5816
Janine R TolodGraduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Michael VernaskyAustralian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.
Anne WatsonSchool of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4535-1301
Mourine J YegonDepartment of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya.
Catherine M YuleSchool of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1085-2798
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Abstract
Running waters contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes through decomposition of terrestrial plant litter by aquatic microorganisms and detritivores. Diversity of this litter may influence instream decomposition globally in ways that are not yet understood. We investigated latitudinal differences in decomposition of litter mixtures of low and high functional diversity in 40 streams on 6 continents and spanning 113° of latitude. Despite important variability in our dataset, we found latitudinal differences in the effect of litter functional diversity on decomposition, which we explained as evolutionary adaptations of litter-consuming detritivores to resource availability. Specifically, a balanced diet effect appears to operate at lower latitudes versus a resource concentration effect at higher latitudes. The latitudinal pattern indicates that loss of plant functional diversity will have different consequences on carbon fluxes across the globe, with greater repercussions likely at low latitudes.
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