A note on our recent publication on leaf litter decomposition along an urban gradient in Puerto Rico.
Classen‐Rodríguez, L, Gutiérrez‐Fonseca, PE, Ramírez, A. 2019. Leaf litter decomposition and macroinvertebrate assemblages along an urban stream gradient in Puerto Rico. Biotropica
Some key messages, twitted by co-author Pablo E. Gutiérrez-Fonseca:
"We found that urbanization has strong negative impacts on organic matter processing and aquatic organisms in a tropical watershed."
"We also observed that the relationship between functional diversity and decomposition rates was not linear, since the loss of key functional groups (i.e., shredders) may have affected ecosystem function."
Other lab publications.
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