Human activities shape global patterns of decomposition rates in rivers

Scott D. Tiegs; Krista Kapps; David M. Costello; John Paul Schmidt; Christopher J. Patrick; Jennifer J. Follstad Shah; Carri J. LeRoy; Vicenç Acuña; Ricardo J. Albariño; Daniel C. Allen; Cecilia Alonso; Patricio Andino; Clay P. Arango; Jukka Aroviita; Marcus V.M. Barbosa; Leon A. Barmuta; Colden V. Baxter; Brent J. Bellinger; Luz Boyero; Lyubov Bragina; Lee E. Brown; Andreas Bruder; Denise A. Bruesewitz; Francis J. Burdon; Marcos Callisto; Antonio Camacho; Cristina Canhoto; María M. Castillo; Eric Chauvet; Joanne Clapcott; Fanny Colas; Checo Colón-Gaud; Julien Cornut; María Verónica Crespo Pérez; Wyatt F. Cross; Joseph M. Culp; Michael Danger; Olivier Dangles; Elvira de Eyto; Alison M. Derry; Veronica  Díaz Villanueva; Michael M. Douglas; Arturo Elosegi; Andrea C. Encalada; Sally Entrekin; Rodrigo Espinosa

doi:10.1126/science.adn1262

Human activities shape global patterns of decomposition rates in rivers

Título traducido de la contribución: Las actividades humanas moldean los patrones de tasas de descomposición en ríos

Scott D. Tiegs^*
, Krista Kapps
, David M. Costello
, John Paul Schmidt
, Christopher J. Patrick
, Jennifer J. Follstad Shah
, Carri J. LeRoy
, Vicenç Acuña
, Ricardo J. Albariño
, Daniel C. Allen
, Cecilia Alonso
, Patricio Andino
, Clay P. Arango
, Jukka Aroviita
, Marcus V.M. Barbosa
, Leon A. Barmuta
, Colden V. Baxter
, Brent J. Bellinger
, Luz Boyero
, Lyubov Bragina

Lee E. Brown, Andreas Bruder, Denise A. Bruesewitz, Francis J. Burdon, Marcos Callisto, Antonio Camacho, Cristina Canhoto, María M. Castillo, Eric Chauvet, Joanne Clapcott, Fanny Colas, Checo Colón-Gaud, Julien Cornut, María Verónica Crespo Pérez, Wyatt F. Cross, Joseph M. Culp, Michael Danger, Olivier Dangles, Elvira de Eyto, Alison M. Derry, Veronica Díaz Villanueva, Michael M. Douglas, Arturo Elosegi, Andrea C. Encalada, Sally Entrekin, Rodrigo Espinosa

^*Autor correspondiente de este trabajo

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Resumen

Rivers and streams contribute to global carbon cycling by decomposing immense quantities of terrestrial plant matter. However, decomposition rates are highly variable and large-scale patterns and drivers of this process remain poorly understood. Using a cellulose-based assay to reflect the primary constituent of plant detritus, we generated a predictive model (81% variance explained) for cellulose decomposition rates across 514 globally distributed streams. A large number of variables were important for predicting decomposition, highlighting the complexity of this process at the global scale. Predicted cellulose decomposition rates, when combined with genus-level litter quality attributes, explain published leaf litter decomposition rates with high accuracy (70% variance explained). Our global map provides estimates of rates across vast understudied areas of Earth and reveals rapid decomposition across continental-scale areas dominated by human activities.

Título traducido de la contribución	Las actividades humanas moldean los patrones de tasas de descomposición en ríos
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1191
Número de páginas	1195
Publicación	Science
Volumen	384
N.º	6701
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adn1262
Estado	Publicada - 14 jun 2024

Financiación

This work was sponsored by an Ecuadorian National Science Foundation PROMETEO award (to S.D.T.).

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Este resultado contribuye a los siguientes Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

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Tiegs, S. D., Kapps, K., Costello, D. M., Schmidt, J. P., Patrick, C. J., Follstad Shah, J. J., LeRoy, C. J., Acuña, V., Albariño, R. J., Allen, D. C., Alonso, C., Andino, P., Arango, C. P., Aroviita, J., Barbosa, M. V. M., Barmuta, L. A., Baxter, C. V., Bellinger, B. J., Boyero, L., ... Espinosa, R. (2024). Human activities shape global patterns of decomposition rates in rivers. Science, 384(6701), 1191. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adn1262

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Human activities shape global patterns of decomposition rates in rivers

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