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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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      Comparison of Sampling Methods for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Forested Wetlands 

      Correa Araneda, Francisco; Núñez, Daniela; Díaz, María E.; Gómez Capponi, Francisco; Figueroa, Ricardo; Acuña, Jacqueline; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; Esse, Carlos (Elsevier, 2021-06)
      Forest wetlands are biodiversity hotspots that perform functions of vital ecological importance, but they are among the world's most threatened ecosystems. Due to their high diversity of habitats and species, the study of ...
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      Effects of gamma irradiation on instream leaf litter decomposition 

      Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; López Rojo, Naiara; Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; Tonin, Alan M.; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Davis, Aaron M.; Pearson, Richard G. (Springer, 2021-12)
      [EN]Leaf litter decomposition is a key process in stream ecosystems, the rates of which can vary with changes in litter quality or its colonization by microorganisms. Decomposition in streams is increasingly used to compare ...
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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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      Extreme temperature events alter stream ecosystem functioning 

      Pérez Viñuela, Javier ORCID; Correa Araneda, Francisco; López Rojo, Naiara; Basaguren del Campo, Ana Luisa; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID (Elsevier, 2021-02)
      Extreme temperature events have increased in intensity, duration and frequency in the last century, with potential consequences on organisms and ecosystems. In many streams, leaf litter of terrestrial origin is a key ...
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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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      Relationship between salt use in fish farms and driftof macroinvertebrates in a freshwater stream 

      Encina Montoya, Francisco; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; Tonin, Alan M.; Aguayo, María Fernanda; Esse, Carlos; Vega, Rolando; Correa Araneda, Francisco; Oberti, Carlos; Nimptsch, Jorge (Inter Research, 2020)
      In Chile, salt (NaCl) use per salmon fish farm ranges between 20-30 t yr(-1) and is used to prevent and control fungal infections. An increase in salinity in freshwater can have adverse effects on freshwater biodiversity ...
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      Spatial distribution of freshwater crustaceans in Antarctic and Subantarctic lakes 

      Díaz, Angie; Maturana, Claudia S.; Boyero González, María Luz ORCID; De Los Ríos Escalante, Patricio; Tonin, Alan M.; Correa Araneda, Francisco (Nature, 2019-05-28)
      Antarctic and Subantarctic lakes are unique ecosystems with relatively simple food webs, which are likely to be strongly affected by climate warming. While Antarctic freshwater invertebrates are adapted to extreme environmental ...