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Continental-Scale Effects of Nutrient Pollution on Stream Ecosystem Functioning by Woodward, Guy, Gessner, Mark O., Giller, Paul S., Gulis, Vladislav, Hladyz, Sally, Lecerf, Antoine, Malmqvist, Björn, McKie, Brendan G., Tiegs, Scott D., Cariss, Helen, Dobson, Mike, Elosegi, Arturo, Ferreira, Verónica, Graça, Manuel A.S., Fleituch, Tadeusz, Lacoursière, Jean O., Nistorescu, Marius, Pozo, Jesús, Risnoveanu, Geta, Schindler, Markus, Vadineanu, Angheluta, Vought, Lena B.-M., Chauvet, Eric

“…Excessive nutrient loading is a major threat to aquatic ecosystems worldwide that leads to profound changes in aquatic biodiversity and biogeochemical…”
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Deterministic control on community assembly peaks at intermediate levels of disturbance by Lepori, Fabio, Malmqvist, Björn

“…Despite long-standing research, the processes that drive community assembly remain poorly understood. We censused macroinvertebrate communities and measured…”
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Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes by Handa, I. Tanya, Aerts, Rien, Berendse, Frank, Berg, Matty P., Bruder, Andreas, Butenschoen, Olaf, Chauvet, Eric, Gessner, Mark O., Jabiol, Jérémy, Makkonen, Marika, McKie, Brendan G., Malmqvist, Björn, Peeters, Edwin T. H. M., Scheu, Stefan, Schmid, Bernhard, van Ruijven, Jasper, Vos, Veronique C. A., Hättenschwiler, Stephan

“…Field experiments across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems show that biodiversity positively affects carbon and nitrogen cycling in leaf litter decomposition,…”
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Diverging effects of anthropogenic acidification and natural acidity on community structure in Swedish streams by Petrin, Zlatko, Laudon, Hjalmar, Malmqvist, Björn

“…Anthropogenic acidification caused by aerial deposition of acidifying substances is known to have detrimental effects on freshwater biota, including reductions…”
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How does wing length relate to distribution patterns of stoneflies (Plecoptera) and mayflies (Ephemeroptera)? by Malmqvist, Björn

“…Short wings, and hence a potential for reduced dispersal capacity, can be one of several reasons for rarity in freshwater insects. To test this hypothesis, I…”
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Vertebrate host specificity of wild-caught blackflies revealed by mitochondrial DNA in blood by Malmqvist, B, Strasevicius, D, Hellgren, O, Adler, P.H, Bensch, S

“…Blood–feeding blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) transmit pathogens, harass vertebrate hosts and may cause lethal injuries in attacked victims, but with…”
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When does diversity matter? Species functional diversity and ecosystem functioning across habitats and seasons in a field experiment by Frainer, André, McKie, Brendan G, Malmqvist, Björn, Woodward, Guy

“…Despite ample experimental evidence indicating that biodiversity might be an important driver of ecosystem processes, its role in the functioning of real…”
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Threats to the running water ecosystems of the world by Malmqvist, Björn, Rundle, Simon

“…Running waters are perhaps the most impacted ecosystem on the planet as they have been the focus for human settlement and are heavily exploited for water…”
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Aquatic invertebrates in riverine landscapes by MALMQVIST, BJÖRN

“…1. Riverine systems consist of a mosaic of patches and habitats linked by diverse processes and supporting highly complex communities. Invertebrates show a…”
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Species richness-decomposition relationships depend on species dominance by Dangles, Olivier, Malmqvist, Björn

“…Human disturbances both decrease the number of species in ecosystems and change their relative abundances. Here we present field evidence demonstrating that…”
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Assessing ecosystem functioning in streams affected by forest management: increased leaf decomposition occurs without changes to the composition of benthic assemblages by MCKIE, BRENDAN G, MALMQVIST, BJÖRN

“…1. Landscape management practices that alter energetic linkages between aquatic and terrestrial habitats can affect associated ecosystem processes, and…”
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Suspension feeders transform massive amounts of seston in large northern rivers by Malmqvist, Björn, Wotton, Roger S., Zhang, Yixin

“…The concentration and transport of faecal pellets (FPs) produced by blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) larvae were estimated in a large, free-flowing river in the…”
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Restoring freshwater ecosystems in riverine landscapes: the roles of connectivity and recovery processes by JANSSON, ROLAND, NILSSON, CHRISTER, MALMQVIST, BJÖRN

“…1. This paper introduces key messages from a number of papers emanating from the Second International Symposium on Riverine Landscapes held in August 2004 in…”
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Contrasting effects of anthropogenic and natural acidity in streams: a meta-analysis by Petrin, Zlatko, Englund, Göran, Malmqvist, Björn

“…Large-scale human activities including the extensive combustion of fossil fuels have caused acidification of freshwater systems on a continental scale,…”
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Does freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity along a pH-gradient reflect adaptation to low pH by PETRIN, ZLATKO, LAUDON, HJALMAR, MALMQVIST, BJÖRN

“…1. The impacts of anthropogenic surface water acidification are much better known than those of natural acidity. Recent studies have indicated biodiversity is…”
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Placing biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in context: environmental perturbations and the effects of species richness in a stream field experiment by McKie, Brendan G, Schindler, Markus, Gessner, Mark O, Malmqvist, Björn

“…Greater biodiversity is often associated with increased ecosystem process rates, and is expected to enhance the stability of ecosystem functioning under…”
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Predictable changes in trophic community structure along a spatial disturbance gradient in streams by LEPORI, FABIO, MALMQVIST, BJÖRN

“…1. We assessed insect and resource standing stocks along a spatial gradient of flood disturbance in 19 sub-alpine Swedish streams to test the prediction that…”
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Influences of river regulation and environmental variables on upland bird assemblages in northern Sweden by Jonsson, Micael, Strasevicius, Darius, Malmqvist, Björn

“…Most large rivers in Sweden are regulated to produce hydropower. This transformation from free-flowing rivers to chains of elongate run-of-river impoundments…”
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Restoring Riverine Landscapes: The Challenge of Identifying Priorities, Reference States, and Techniques by Nilsson, Christer, Jansson, Roland, Malmqvist, Björn, Naiman, Robert J.

“…This special issue of Ecology and Society on restoring riverine landscapes draws together nine presentations from the Second International Symposium on…”
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The Simulium vernum group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Europe: multiple character sets for assessing species status by ILMONEN, JARI, ADLER, PETER H., MALMQVIST, BJÖRN, CYWINSKA, ALINA

“…The value of using characters from multiple sources – chromosomes, ecology, gene sequences, and morphology – to evaluate the species status of closely related…”
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