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Synthetic chemicals as agents of global change by Bernhardt, Emily S, Rosi, Emma J, Gessner, Mark O

“…Though concerns about the proliferation of synthetic chemicals – including pesticides – gave rise to the modem environmental movement in the early 1960s,…”
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N : P ratios influence litter decomposition and colonization by fungi and bacteria in microcosms by Güsewell, Sabine, Gessner, Mark O.

“…1. Nitrogen and phosphorus supply influences the rate of litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics during decomposition. Besides the total amount of N and P…”
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Flow Cytometric Assessment of Bacterial Abundance in Soils, Sediments and Sludge by Frossard, Aline, Hammes, Frederik, Gessner, Mark O

“…Bacterial abundance is a fundamental measure in microbiology, but its assessment is often tedious, especially for soil, and sediment samples. To overcome this…”
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Disconnect of microbial structure and function: enzyme activities and bacterial communities in nascent stream corridors by Frossard, Aline, Gerull, Linda, Mutz, Michael, Gessner, Mark O

“…A fundamental issue in microbial and general ecology is the question to what extent environmental conditions dictate the structure of communities and the…”
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The Alliance for Freshwater Life: A global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation by Darwall, William, Bremerich, Vanessa, De Wever, Aaike, Dell, Anthony I., Freyhof, Jörg, Gessner, Mark O., Grossart, Hans‐Peter, Harrison, Ian, Irvine, Ken, Jähnig, Sonja C., Jeschke, Jonathan M., Lee, Jessica J., Lu, Cai, Lewandowska, Aleksandra M., Monaghan, Michael T., Nejstgaard, Jens C., Patricio, Harmony, Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Stuart, Simon N., Thieme, Michele, Tockner, Klement, Turak, Eren, Weyl, Olaf

“…Global pressures on freshwater ecosystems are high and rising. Viewed primarily as a resource for humans, current practices of water use have led to…”
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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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Humic dissolved organic carbon drives oxidative stress and severe fitness impairments in Daphnia by Saebelfeld, Manja, Minguez, Laëtitia, Griebel, Johanna, Gessner, Mark O., Wolinska, Justyna

“…•Impact of sudden humic DOC input was tested experimentally on two Daphnia species.•Both species were strongly affected at several levels of biological…”
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Stoichiometric imbalances between detritus and detritivores are related to shifts in ecosystem functioning by Frainer, André, Jabiol, Jérémy, Gessner, Mark O., Bruder, Andreas, Chauvet, Eric, McKie, Brendan G.

“…How are resource consumption and growth rates of litter-consuming detritivores affected by imbalances between consumer and litter C:N:P ratios? To address this…”
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Resource quality and stoichiometric constraints on stream ecosystem functioning by HLADYZ, SALLY, GESSNER, MARK O, GILLER, PAUL S, POZO, JEŚUS, WOODWARD, GUY

“…1. Resource quality and stoichiometric imbalances in carbon : nutrient ratios between consumers and resources can influence key ecosystem processes. In many…”
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Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges by Dudgeon, David, Arthington, Angela H., Gessner, Mark O., Kawabata, Zen-Ichiro, Knowler, Duncan J., Lévêque, Christian, Naiman, Robert J., Prieur-Richard, Anne-Hélène, Soto, Doris, Stiassny, Melanie L. J., Sullivan, Caroline A.

“…Freshwater biodiversity is the over-riding conservation priority during the International Decade for Action – ‘Water for Life’ – 2005 to 2015. Fresh water…”
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Trophic complexity enhances ecosystem functioning in an aquatic detritus-based model system by Jabiol, Jérémy, McKie, Brendan G., Bruder, Andreas, Bernadet, Caroline, Gessner, Mark O., Chauvet, Eric

“…1. Understanding the functional significance of species interactions in ecosystems has become a major challenge as biodiversity declines rapidly worldwide…”
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Silica decouples fungal growth and litter decomposition without changing responses to climate warming and N enrichment by Schaller, Jörg, Hines, Jessica, Brackhage, Carsten, Bäucker, Ernst, Gessner, Mark O

“…Ongoing global changes, such as climate warming and increasing supply of reactive nitrogen (N), are expected to affect essential ecosystem processes such as…”
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Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns by Boyero, Luz, Pearson, Richard G, Dudgeon, David, Graça, Manuel A. S, Gessner, Mark O, Albariño, Ricardo J, Ferreira, Verónica, Yule, Catherine M, Boulton, Andrew J, Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy, Callisto, Marcos, Chauvet, Eric, Ramírez, Alonso, Chará, Julián, Moretti, Marcelo S, Gonçalves, José F, Helson, Julie E, Chará-Serna, Ana M, Encalada, Andrea C, Davies, Judy N, Lamothe, Sylvain, Cornejo, Aydeè, Li, Aggie O. Y, Buria, Leonardo M, Villanueva, Verónica D, Zúñiga, María C, Pringle, Catherine M

“…Most hypotheses explaining the general gradient of higher diversity toward the equator are implicit or explicit about greater species packing in the tropics…”
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Litter Supply as a Driver of Microbial Activity and Community Structure on Decomposing Leaves: a Test in Experimental Streams by FROSSARD, Aline, GERULL, Linda, MUTZ, Michael, GESSNER, Mark O

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Experimentally Simulated Global Warming and Nitrogen Enrichment Effects on Microbial Litter Decomposers in a Marsh by FLURY, Sabine, GESSNER, Mark O

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Design and implementation of an illumination system to mimic skyglow at ecosystem level in a large-scale lake enclosure facility by Jechow, Andreas, Schreck, Günther, Kyba, Christopher C. M., Berger, Stella A., Bistarelli, Lukas Thuile, Bodenlos, Matthias, Gessner, Mark O., Grossart, Hans-Peter, Kupprat, Franziska, Nejstgaard, Jens C., Pansch, Andreas, Penske, Armin, Sachtleben, Michael, Shatwell, Tom, Singer, Gabriel A., Stephan, Susanne, Walles, Tim J. W., Wollrab, Sabine, Zielinska-Dabkowska, Karolina M., Hölker, Franz

“…Light pollution is an environmental stressor of global extent that is growing exponentially in area and intensity. Artificial skyglow, a form of light…”
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Benthic Bacterial and Fungal Productivity and Carbon Turnover in a Freshwater Marsh by BUESING, Nanna, GESSNER, Mark O

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Viriobenthos in freshwater and marine sediments: a review by DANOVARO, ROBERTO, CORINALDESI, CINZIA, FILIPPINI, MANUELA, FISCHER, ULRIKE R, GESSNER, MARK O, JACQUET, STÉPHAN, MAGAGNINI, MIRKO, VELIMIROV, BRANKO

“…1. Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet, and sediments provide a highly suitable environment for them. This review presents the…”
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Fostering integration of freshwater ecology with ecotoxicology by Gessner, Mark O., Tlili, Ahmed

“…Summary Ecology and ecotoxicology have different historical roots, despite their similar names, but are slowly converging to meet the challenge of addressing…”
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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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