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Leaf litter breakdown phenology in headwater stream networks is modulated by groundwater thermal regimes and litter type by Hare, Danielle K., Helton, Ashley M., Cummins, Carolyn S., Bumpers, Phillip M., Tomczyk, Nathan J., Rogers, Phoenix A., Wenger, Seth J., Hotchkiss, Erin R., Rosemond, Amy D., Benstead, Jonathan P.

“…Leaf litter dominates particulate organic carbon inputs to forest streams. Using data‐informed simulations, we explored how litter type (slow‐ vs…”
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Ignoring temperature variation leads to underestimation of the temperature sensitivity of plant litter decomposition by Tomczyk, Nathan J., Rosemond, Amy D., Bumpers, Phillip M., Cummins, Carolyn S., Wenger, Seth J., Benstead, Jonathan P.

“…The majority of terrestrial net primary production decomposes, fueling detrital food webs and converting dead plant carbon to atmospheric CO2. There is…”
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Experimental nutrient additions accelerate terrestrial carbon loss from stream ecosystems by Rosemond, Amy D., Benstead, Jonathan P., Bumpers, Phillip M., Gulis, Vladislav, Kominoski, John S., Manning, David W. P., Suberkropp, Keller, Wallace, J. Bruce

“…Nutrient pollution of freshwater ecosystems results in predictable increases in carbon (C) sequestration by algae. Tests of nutrient enrichment on the fates of…”
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Transport of N and P in U.S. streams and rivers differs with land use and between dissolved and particulate forms by Manning, David W. P., Rosemond, Amy D., Benstead, Jonathan P., Bumpers, Phillip M., Kominoski, John S.

“…We used a recently published, open-access data set of U.S. streamwater nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations to test whether watershed land use…”
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Temperature dependence of leaf breakdown in streams differs between organismal groups and leaf species by Cummins, Carolyn S., Rosemond, Amy D., Tomczyk, Nathan J., Wenger, Seth J., Bumpers, Phillip M., Gulis, Vladislav, Helton, Ashley M., Benstead, Jonathan P.

“…Increased temperatures are altering rates of organic matter (OM) breakdown in stream ecosystems with implications for carbon (C) cycling in the face of global…”
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Experimental nutrient enrichment of forest streams increases energy flow to predators along greener food‐web pathways by Bumpers, Phillip M., Rosemond, Amy D., Maerz, John C., Benstead, Jonathan P.

“…Nutrient enrichment is a key stressor of lakes and streams globally, affecting the relative availability of important basal resources such as algae and…”
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Differences in respiration rates and abrasion losses may muddle attribution of breakdown to macroinvertebrates versus microbes in litterbag experiments by Tomczyk, Nathan J., Rosemond, Amy D., Bumpers, Phillip M., Cummins, Carolyn S., Yang, Carol, Wenger, Seth J.

“…Leaf breakdown is an important process in forested headwater streams. A common method used to quantify the role of macroinvertebrate and microbial communities…”
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Differential responses of macroinvertebrate ionomes across experimental N:P gradients in detritus-based headwater streams by Prater, Clay, Bumpers, Phillip M., Demi, Lee M., Rosemond, Amy D., Jeyasingh, Punidan D.

“…Diverse global change processes are reshaping the biogeochemistry of stream ecosystems. Nutrient enrichment is a common stressor that can modify flows of…”
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Salamander growth rates increase along an experimental stream phosphorus gradient by Bumpers, Phillip M., Maerz, John C., Rosemond, Amy D., Benstead, Jonathan P.

“…Nutrient-driven perturbations to the resource base of food webs are predicted to attenuate with trophic distance, so it is unclear whether higher-level…”
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Simple statistical models can be sufficient for testing hypotheses with population time‐series data by Wenger, Seth J., Stowe, Edward S., Gido, Keith B., Freeman, Mary C., Kanno, Yoichiro, Franssen, Nathan R., Olden, Julian D., Poff, N. LeRoy, Walters, Annika W., Bumpers, Phillip M., Mims, Meryl C., Hooten, Mevin B., Lu, Xinyi

“…Time‐series data offer wide‐ranging opportunities to test hypotheses about the physical and biological factors that influence species abundances. Although…”
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Experimental nutrient enrichment of forest streams reduces ecosystem nitrogen and phosphorus storage by Bumpers, Phillip M., Rosemond, Amy D., Manning, David W. P., Kominoski, John S., Benstead, Jonathan P., Demi, Lee M.

“…Streams store nutrients in standing stocks of organic matter (OM) and associated biologically sequestered elements. Unlike standing stocks of autotrophs,…”
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Freshwater ecology. Experimental nutrient additions accelerate terrestrial carbon loss from stream ecosystems by Rosemond, Amy D, Benstead, Jonathan P, Bumpers, Phillip M, Gulis, Vladislav, Kominoski, John S, Manning, David W P, Suberkropp, Keller, Wallace, J Bruce

“…Nutrient pollution of freshwater ecosystems results in predictable increases in carbon (C) sequestration by algae. Tests of nutrient enrichment on the fates of…”
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