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      A common fungicide impairs stream ecosystem functioning through effects on aquatic hyphomycetes and detritivorous caddisflies 

      Cornejo, Aydeé; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; Alonso Blanco, Alberto; López Rojo, Naiara; Monroy Zarzuelo, Silvia ORCID; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Academic Press-Elsevier, 2020-06-01)
      Fungicides can reach streams through runoff or adhered to leaf litter, and have the potential to adversely affect processes such as litter decomposition and associated communities. This study investigated the effects of ...
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      Agriculture impairs stream ecosystem functioning in a tropical catchment 

      Cornejo, Aydeé; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; López Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Rovira, Dalys; Checa, Brenda; Jaramillo, Nicomedes; Correa, Karina; Villarreal, Allison; Villarreal, Víctor; García, Gabriela; Pérez, Edgar; Ríos González, Tomas A.; Aguirre, Yusseff; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Elsevier, 2020-11-25)
      The expansion of agriculture is particularly worrying in tropical regions of the world, where native forests are being replaced by crops at alarming rates, with severe consequences for biodiversity and ecosystems. However, ...
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      Effects of multiple stressors associated with agriculture on stream macroinvertebrate communities in a tropical catchment 

      Cornejo, Aydeé; Tonin, Alan M.; Checa, Brenda; Tuñon, Ana Raquel; Pérez, Diana; Coronado, Enilda; González, Stefani; Ríos, Tomás; Macchi, Pablo; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Public Library Science, 2019-08-08)
      Tropical forests are declining at unprecedented rates in favour of agriculture, and streams can be severely impacted due to effects of multiple stressors that have rarely been considered together in tropical studies. We ...
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      Environmental Determinants of COVID 19 Transmission Across a Wide Climatic Gradient in Chile 

      Correa Araneda, Francisco; Ulloa Yáñez, Alfredo; Núñez, Daniela; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; Tonin, Alan M.; Cornejo, Aydeé; Urbina, Marcelo; Díaz, María E.; Figueroa Muñoz, Guillermo; Esse, Carlos (Nature Publishing Group, 2021-05-10)
      Several studies have examined the transmission dynamics of the novel COVID-19 disease in different parts of the world. Some have reported relationships with various environmental variables, suggesting that spread of the ...
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      High Sensitivity of Invertebrate Detritivores from Tropical Streams to Different Pesticides 

      Cornejo, Aydeé; Encina Montoya, Francisco; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Rovira, Dalys; García, Gabriela; Nieto, Carlos; Villarreal, Víctor; Jaramillo, Nicomedes; Pérez, Edgar; Valderrama, Anayansi; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Elsevier, 2021-03-31)
      Freshwater organisms are often sensitive to pesticides, but their sensitivity varies across different taxa and with pesticide type and action mode, as shown by multiple acute toxicity tests. Such variability hampers ...
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      Impacts of Detritivore Diversity Loss on Instream Decomposition Are Greatest in the Tropics 

      Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; López Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Pearson, Richard G.; Bosch, Jaime; Albariño, Ricardo J.; Anbalagan, Sankarappan; Barmuta, Leon A.; Basaguren del Campo, Ana Luisa; Burdon, Francis J.; Caliman, Adriano; Callisto, Marcos; Calor, Adolfo R.; Campbell, Ian C.; Cardinale, Bradley J.; Casas Jiménez, José Jesús; Chara Serna, Ana M.; Chauvet, Eric; Ciapala, Szymon; Colón-Gaud, Checo; Cornejo, Aydeé; Davis, Aaron M.; Degebrodt, Monika; Dias, Emerson S.; Díaz, María E.; Douglas, Michael M.; Encalada, Andrea C.; Figueroa, Ricardo; Flecker, Alexander S.; Fleituch, Tadeusz; García, Erica A.; García, Gabriela; García, Pavel E.; Gessner, Mark O.; Gómez, Jesús E.; Gómez, Sergio; Gonçalves Jr., José F.; Graça, Manuel A. S.; Gwinn, Daniel C.; Hall Jr., Robert O.; Hamada, Neusa; Hui, Cang; Imazawa, Daichi; Iwata, Tomoya; Kariuki, Samuel; Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea; Laymon, Kelsey; Leal, María; Marchant, Richard; Martins, Renato T.; Masese, Frank O.; Maul, Megan; McKie, Brendan G.; Medeiros, Adriana O.; M'Erimba, Charles; Middleton, Jen A.; Monroy Zarzuelo, Silvia ORCID; Muotka, Timo; Negishi, Junjiro N.; Ramírez, Alonso; Richardson, John S.; Rincón, José; Rubio Ríos, Juan; Dos Santos, Gisele M.; Sarremejane, Romain; Sheldon, Fran; Sitati, Augustine; Tenkiano, Nathalie S. D.; Tiegs, Scott D.; Tolod, Janine R.; Venarsky, Michael; Watson, Anne; Yule, Catherine M. (Springer, 2021-06-17)
      The relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence has come mostly from local studies and ...
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      Latitude Dictates Plant Diversity Effects on Instream Decomposition 

      Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; Pérez, Javier; López Rojo, Naiara; Tonin, Alan M.; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Pearson, Richard G.; Bosch, Jaime; Albariño, Ricardo J.; Anbalagan, Sankarappan; Barmuta, Leon A.; Beesley, Leah; Burdon, Francis J.; Caliman, Adriano; Callisto, Marcos; Campbell, Ian C.; Cardinale, Bradley J.; Casas Jiménez, José Jesús; Chara Serna, Ana M.; Ciapala, Szymon; Chauvet, Eric; Colón-Gaud, Checo; Cornejo, Aydeé; Davis, Aaron M.; Degebrodt, Monika; Dias, Emerson S.; Díaz, María E.; Douglas, Michael M.; Elosegi Irurtia, Arturo ORCID; Encalada, Andrea C.; De Eyto, Elvira; Figueroa, Ricardo; Flecker, Alexander S.; Fleituch, Tadeusz; Frainer, André; Franca, Juliana S.; García, Erica A.; García, Gabriela; García, Pavel; Gessner, Mark O.; Giller, Paul S.; Gómez, Jesús E.; Gómez, Sergio; Gonçalves Jr., José F.; Graça, Manuel A. S.; Hall Jr., Robert O.; Hamada, Neusa; Hepp, Luiz U.; Hui, Cang; Imazawa, Daichi; Iwata, Tomoya; Edson Jr., S. A.; Kariuki, Samuel; Landeira-Dabarca, Andrea; Leal, María; Lehosmaa, Kaisa; M'Erimba, Charles; Marchant, Richard; Martins, Renato T.; Masese, Frank O.; Camden, Megan; McKie, Brendan G.; Medeiros, Adriana O.; Middleton, Jen A.; Muotka, Timo; Negishi, Junjiro N.; Pozo Martínez, Jesús ORCID; Ramírez, Alonso; Rezende, Renan S.; Richardson, John S.; Rincón, José; Rubio Ríos, Juan; Serrano, Claudia; Shaffer, Angela R.; Sheldon, Fran; Swan, Christopher M.; Tenkiano, Nathalie S. D.; Tiegs, Scott D.; Tolod, Janine R.; Vernasky, Michael; Watson, Anne; Yegon, Mourine J.; Yule, Catherine M. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021-03)
      Running waters contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes through decomposition of terrestrial plant litter by aquatic microorganisms and detritivores. Diversity of this litter may influence instream decomposition ...
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      Litter Decomposition can be Reduced by Pesticide Effects on Detritivores and Decomposers: Implications for Tropical Stream Functioning 

      Cornejo, Aydeé; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; López Rojo, Naiara; García, Gabriela; Pérez, Edgar; Guerra, Alisson; Nieto, Carlos; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Elsevier, 2021-04-28)
      Understanding which factors affect the process of leaf litter decomposition is crucial if we are to predict changes in the functioning of stream ecosystems as a result of human activities. One major activity with known ...