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1. Epigeic invertebrates of pig‐damaged, exposed wetland sediments are rooted: An ecological response to feral pigs ( <scp> Sus scrofa </scp> )

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Alisha L. Steward, Jonathan C. Marshall, Peter M. Negus, Sara E. Clifford, and Joanna Blessing

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0106 biological sciences, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Ecology, biology, Feral pig, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Fauna, food and beverages, Wetland, Aquatic Science, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Wild boar, Abundance (ecology), biology.animal, Species richness, Epigeal, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Invertebrate
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1. Feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are widespread and cause significant damage to the ecological and cultural values of wetlands through their rooting, pugging, and wallowing behaviour. 2. The impacts of feral pigs on the epigeic (ground surface) invertebrates of exposed wetland sediments were investigated using 48 composite pitfall samples collected from 21 sites over three occasions in the Archer River catchment, north Queensland, Australia. Feral pig damage was quantified in transects along the margins of the wetlands. We tested the prediction that invertebrate assemblages would demonstrate reduced taxon richness and abundance, and altered assemblage composition, with an increasing intensity of pig damage. 3. Pig damage to exposed wetland sediments was a stressor to epigeic invertebrates in this environment, where there was a diverse invertebrate fauna. As expected, both taxon richness and abundance were significantly limited by pig damage, as was variability in multivariate assemblage composition. Thirty‐one epigeic invertebrate taxa (66%) showed a decrease in their frequency of occurrence, mean abundance, or both, at sites with high levels of pig damage, relative to sites with low levels of pig damage. Certain families of spiders, beetles, snails, and freshwater crabs were among the taxa more prevalent when pig damage was low, whereas none of those taxa was more prevalent when pig damage was high. 4. There are biodiversity conservation ramifications from these results as pigs threaten elements of this fauna and thus wetland biodiversity, but the taxonomy, ecology, and distributions of epigeic invertebrates of exposed wetland sediments are poorly known. 5. The intensity of pig damage and the richness and abundance of epigeic invertebrates, as measured here, provide useful monitoring indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of pig control measures wherever pigs damage wetlands.

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2020
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2. Ecological impacts of invasive carp in Australian dryland rivers

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Kate Hodges, Peter M. Negus, Jonathan C. Marshall, Joanna Blessing, Sara E. Clifford, and Alisha L. Steward

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0106 biological sciences, Biomass (ecology), River ecosystem, Ecology, biology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Aquatic ecosystem, Notopala sublineata, Aquatic Science, biology.organism_classification, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Invasive species, Macrophyte, Ecosystem, Carp, Nature and Landscape Conservation
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Invasive carp are widely reported to harm ecosystems. In Australia, carp are a serious pest and, consequently, investigations of biocontrol options are under way. Best practice biocontrol requires cost/risk:benefit evaluation. To assist this, the impacts of carp on aquatic ecosystems have been summarized. To aid the evaluation of benefits, general predictions were tested by comparing dryland river ecosystems with and without carp, and ecosystem responses to a gradient in local carp density. Expectations were that in the presence of carp, and with increasing density, there would be increasing turbidity, decreasing densities of macrophytes and macroinvertebrates, and associated changes in assemblage composition, resulting in decreasing native fish density. Not all expected responses were found, indicating that the general understanding of carp impact requires modification for dryland rivers. Notably, carp did not increase turbidity or reduce macroinvertebrate density or composition, probably because of key attributes of dryland rivers. In contrast, there were large impacts on native fish biomass, not from the mechanisms expected, but from food resource monopolization by carp. Macrophyte occurrence was reduced, but macrophytes are naturally rare in these rivers. It is likely that the extirpation of an endangered river snail resulted from carp predation. Impacts on native fish may be reversible by carp control, but reversal of impacts on the snail may require carp elimination and snail reintroduction. Modelling is necessary to predict the probability of beneficial versus undesirable outcomes from carp control, and complementary measures to control other stressors may be needed. Benefits of carp control on dryland river ecosystems are fewer than generally predicted. This reinforces the point that ecological understanding cannot always be transferred between diverse settings and highlights the need to understand system characteristics relevant to causal impact pathways when applying generic carp impact models to specific settings. This has global relevance to future carp control efforts.

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2019
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3. No sitting on the fence: protecting wetlands from feral pig damage by exclusion fences requires effective fence maintenance

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Peter M. Negus, Joanna Blessing, Alisha L. Steward, Sara E. Clifford, and Jonathan C. Marshall

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0106 biological sciences, Fence (finance), geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Feral pig, Agroforestry, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Significant difference, food and beverages, Wetland, Culling, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Aquatic Science, 01 natural sciences, Fencing, Cultural values, Environmental science, River catchment, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Feral pigs damage the significant ecological and cultural values of tropical Australian wetlands. Control measures such as culling, baiting, and trapping can reduce overall pig populations, but do not eliminate the substantial physical damage to wetlands that can occur from just a few individuals. Exclusion fences have been adopted as a potential technique to prevent damage to selected wetlands. To test the effectiveness of exclusion fences we measured the physical damage caused by pigs to multiple wetlands in the Archer River catchment of tropical northern Australia. Wetlands were fenced using a typical cattle exclusion fence, a specific pig exclusion fence or had no fence. Initial analyses of these fence treatments showed no significant difference in the intensity of physical pig damage to exposed wetland sediments and fringing vegetation. However, several of the pig exclusion fences were found to have been compromised. Reanalysis indicated wetlands with functioning pig exclusion fences had no physical pig damage and this was significantly less damage than in all other treatments. In contrast, wetlands with compromised pig exclusion fences had damage that was statistically equivalent to sites without fences or with cattle exclusion fences, but in individual cases had the worst damage recorded in any of the treatments. Compromised pig exclusion fencing of wetlands can thus be worse than having no fencing at all. This suggests that the successful prevention of pig damage to wetlands by exclusion fences requires ongoing and effective fence monitoring and maintenance regimes.

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2019
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4. Assessing the ecological health of rivers when they are dry

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Jonathan C. Marshall, Sara E. Clifford, Catherine Dent, Peter M. Negus, and Alisha L. Steward

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0106 biological sciences, River ecosystem, Ecology, Ecological health, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, General Decision Sciences, Biota, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Health indicator, Habitat, Environmental science, Ecosystem, Water quality, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Invertebrate
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Rivers and streams that dry up are found on every continent, and can form a large proportion of river networks. When rivers are dry, traditional indicators of river health – such as aquatic macroinvertebrates, fish or water quality – cannot be measured. Aquatic health indicators are widely used to assess wetted habitats, but currently no universally applicable indicators have been developed or applied to assess dry riverbed health. Dry riverbeds are often the ‘typical’ state of many intermittent rivers and streams; however, the ecological health of these habitats is rarely, if ever, assessed in monitoring programs. Resource managers have called for indicators of intermittent river health during the dry phase. The use of terrestrial invertebrate biota (e.g. ants, beetles, and spiders) as indicators in this study provides a novel solution to assessing rivers when they are dry. We developed a conceptual model of human-induced stressors (i.e. disturbance by livestock and feral mammals) on dry riverbed biota, which guided the selection of potential health indicators. Livestock and feral mammals are one of the most significant stressors on riverine ecosystems in Queensland, and impact riverbeds by altering the substrate through compaction, rooting and pugging. We trialled the use of metrics of terrestrial invertebrate assemblages as indicators of dry riverbed health in four Australian dryland catchments: Bulloo, Paroo, Warrego and Nebine. We used quantile regression and found that terrestrial invertebrate communities responded negatively (and significantly, p We conclude that terrestrial invertebrates in this study are suitable indicators of dry riverbed health, as they are impacted by disturbance from livestock and feral mammals. They can be used in the same way that indicators, such as aquatic macroinvertebrates, are traditionally used to assess river health. We also successfully combined indicators of wet and dry habitats to provide a holistic assessment of the health of intermittent river ecosystems incorporating all sections of the river network. We suggest that this approach should be adopted by other river health monitoring programs in rivers around the world.

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2018
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5. Sediment Respiration Pulses in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams

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Robert J. Rolls, Chelsea J. Little, Simone Guareschi, Annamaria Zoppini, R. Vander Vorste, Eduardo J. Martín, Arnaud Foulquier, Núria Cid, Kate S. Boersma, Michael T. Bogan, Björn Gücker, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Amina Taleb, V. D. Diaz-Villanueva, Manuela Morais, J. Marshall, Arturo Elosegi, Vladimir Pešić, Lluís Gómez-Gener, S. Kubheka, Marko Miliša, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Florian Altermatt, Rachel Stubbington, Iola G. Boëchat, Ryan M. Burrows, Arnaud Dehedin, Damien Banas, Iñaki Odriozola, Núria Bonada, Roland Corti, Marcos Moleón, R. Gómez, Ricardo J. Albariño, Erin E. Beller, Alex Laini, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Andreas Bruder, Melanie L. Blanchette, Felicitas Hoppeler, Shai Arnon, B. de Freitas Terra, A. Papatheodoulou, Nathan J. Waltham, Christophe Piscart, Rafael Marcé, Catherine M. Febria, A. Uzan, Peter M. Negus, Dev K. Niyogi, Dominik Zak, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Ana Savić, Catherine Leigh, R. Figueroa, Sarig Gafny, Alisha L. Steward, Emile Faye, Elisabeth I. Meyer, Petr Pařil, Daniel C. Allen, Klement Tockner, D. von Schiller, Mark O. Gessner, K. Brintrup, Jason L. Hwan, Fiona Dyer, C. P. Duerdoth, Gonzalo García-Baquero, Michael Danger, Isabel Pardo, Musa C. Mlambo, R. del Campo, Tommaso Cancellario, Brian Four, A. M. De Girolamo, Thibault Datry, Oleksandra Shumilova, María Isabel Arce, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, Marek Polášek, Nick Bond, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Simone D. Langhans, Stephanie M. Carlson, Andy Banegas-Medina, Manuel A. S. Graça, Joanna Blessing, Biel Obrador, Stefan Lorenz, Christiane Zarfl, Angus R. McIntosh, European Commission, Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions (UR MALY), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB), Leibniz Association, Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country, Department of Advanced Materials, Cranfield University, Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux (EHF), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Purdue University [West Lafayette], Centro de investigaciones biológicas, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes] (ECOBIO), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Electronique Quantique, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene [Alger] (USTHB)-Faculté de Physique, 748625, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, 603629, European Commission, CGL2017‐86788‐C3‐3‐P, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, PP00P3_179089, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, IT‐951‐16, Eusko Jaurlaritza, CA15113, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne] (UPV/EHU), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), RiverLy (UR Riverly), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Instituto Catalán de Investigación del Agua - ICRA (SPAIN) (ICRA), Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization [Prague] (MBU / CAS), Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (MBU / CAS), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS)-Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), University of Barcelona, Technische Universität Berlin (TU), Nottingham Trent University, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente [Bariloche] (INIBIOMA-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional del Comahue [Neuquén] (UNCOMA), University of Oklahoma (OU), Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), Swiss Federal Insitute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Dübendorf] (EAWAG), The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Unité de Recherches Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (URAFPA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Universidad de Concepción - University of Concepcion [Chile], Department of Geography [Berkeley], University of California [Berkeley], University of California-University of California, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO)-Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC), Universidad de Antioquia = University of Antioquia [Medellín, Colombia], Queensland Government, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), University of San Diego, University of Arizona, La Trobe University, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana [Manno] (SUPSI), Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University [Brisbane], Universidad de Navarra [Pamplona] (UNAV), Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management [Berkeley] (ESPM), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Terre et Environnement de Lorraine (OTELo), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade Estadual Vale do Acarau, Asconit Consultants, National Research Council, Water Research Institute, Universidad de Murcia, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), University of Canberra, Fonctionnement agroécologique et performances des systèmes de cultures horticoles (UPR HORTSYS), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), School of biological Sciences [Christchurch], University of Canterbury [Christchurch], University of Windsor [Ca], Département Ecologie des Forêts, Prairies et milieux Aquatiques (DEPT EFPA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Ruppin Academic Center, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science [Umeå], Umeå University, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE UC), Universidade de Coimbra [Coimbra], Loughborough University, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main-Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Leibniz Association-Leibniz Association, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, University of Parma = Università degli studi di Parma [Parme, Italie], University of Otago [Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande], Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Queensland University of Technology [Brisbane] (QUT), Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity (IEB), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), University of Zagreb, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Universidade de Évora, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), University of Missouri System, Terra Cypria - Cyprus Conservation Foundation, Universidade de Vigo, Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), University of Montenegro (UCG), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England (UNE), University of Niš, Freie Universität Berlin, University of Trento [Trento], Université Aboubekr Belkaid - University of Belkaïd Abou Bekr [Tlemcen], Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Partenaires INRAE, Centre for TropicalWater and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), School of Earth and Environmental Sciences [Australia], James Cook University (JCU)-James Cook University (JCU), University of Washington [Seattle], Universität Rostock, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Center for Applied Geoscience [Tübingen] (ZAG), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Short-Term Scientific Mission of the COST Action : CA15113, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), European Commission : 603629 , 748625, Grant for Research Groups of the Basque University System - Basque Government : IT-951-16, Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through project CHYDROCHANGE : CGL2017-86788C3-2-P , CGL2017-86788-C3-3-P, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - European Commission : PP00P3_150698, PP00P3_179089, EU project LIFE+ TRivers : LIFE13 ENV/ES/000341, INTER-COST project : LTC17017, CONICYT/FONDAT/15130015, European Project: 748625,H2020-MSCA-IF-2016,SABER CULTURAL, European Project: 0934954(2009), Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague, Czech Republic] (MBU / CAS), Technical University of Berlin / Technische Universität Berlin (TU), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of California [Berkeley] (UC Berkeley), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), University of San Diego (USD), Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana = University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland [Manno] (SUPSI), Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma (UNIPR), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster = University of Münster (WWU), Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR), and Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Carbon sequestration, 0106 biological sciences, Atmospheric Science, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, river, CO, 2, intermittent, respiration, stream, temporary, STREAMS, Atmospheric sciences, 01 natural sciences, River sediments, chemistry.chemical_compound, Rivers, Respiration, Environmental Chemistry, Ecosystem, Captura i emmagatzematge de diòxid de carboni, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Cursos d'aigua, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, General Environmental Science, Riparian zone, Global and Planetary Change, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Sediments fluvials, fungi, River, Stream, Intermittent, Temporary, CO2, CO2 emissions, C cycling, stream respiration, Sediment, Vegetation, 15. Life on land, 6. Clean water, chemistry, 13. Climate action, CO 2, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Carbon dioxide, Plant cover, Environmental science
Abstract

The dataset (Data File S1; DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8863721) and the R code used to generate the results (Code S1; DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8863655), including step by step explanations of the statistical tests, have been deposited in Figshare Digital Repository (https://figshare.com/projects/Sediment_Respiration_Pulses_in_Intermittent_Rivers_and_Ephemeral_Streams/66104)., Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) may represent over half the global stream network, but their contribution to respiration and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is largely undetermined. In particular, little is known about the variability and drivers of respiration in IRES sediments upon rewetting, which could result in large pulses of CO2. We present a global study examining sediments from 200 dry IRES reaches spanning multiple biomes. Results from standardized assays show that mean respiration increased 32–66-fold upon sediment rewetting. Structural equation modelling indicates that this response was driven by sediment texture and organic matter quantity and quality, which, in turn, were influenced by climate, land use and riparian plant cover. Our estimates suggest that respiration pulses resulting from rewetting of IRES sediments could contribute significantly to annual CO2 emissions from the global stream network, with a single respiration pulse potentially increasing emission by 0.2–0.7%. As the spatial and temporal extent of IRES increases globally, our results highlight the importance of recognizing the influence of wetting-drying cycles on respiration and CO2 emissions in stream networks., We thank Y. Etxeberria, L. Sánchez, C. Gutiérrez, G. LeGoff and B. Launay for laboratory support. DvS was supported by a Short-Term Scientific Mission of the COST Action CA15113 (SMIRES, Science and Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams, www.smires.eu), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) and received additional funding from the EU’s 7th Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No. 603629 (GLOBAQUA) and a Grant for Research Groups of the Basque University System (IT-951-16) funded by the Basque Government. RM and BO were supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through project C-HYDROCHANGE (CGL2017-86788-C3-2-P and CGL2017-86788-C3-3-P). FA was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation grants No. PP00P3_150698 and PP00P3_179089. NC was supported by the EU project LIFE+ TRivers (LIFE13 ENV/ES/000341). SDL received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 748625. PP and MP were supported by INTER-COST project LTC17017. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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2019
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6. Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: a global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter

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Arnaud Foulquier, Michael T. Bogan, Björn Gücker, Roland Corti, Daniel von Schiller, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Fiona Dyer, Vladimir Pešić, Stefan Lorenz, Klement Tockner, Jonathan C. Marshall, Lluís Gómez-Gener, Ana Savić, Thibault Datry, Dominik Zak, Rubén del Campo, Marcos Moleón, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Elisabeth I. Meyer, Chelsea J. Little, Simone Guareschi, Ross Vander Vorste, Richardo Figueroa, Florian Altermatt, Michael Danger, Oleksandra Shumilova, Musa C. Mlambo, Rosa Gómez Cerezo, Annamaria Zoppini, Joanna Blessing, Kate S. Boersma, Petr Paril, Núria Bonada, Alisha L. Steward, Christiane Zarfl, Amina Taleb, Manuel A. S. Graça, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Peter M. Negus, Isabel Pardo, Iola G. Boëchat, Ryan M. Burrows, Stephanie M. Carlson, Angus R. McIntosh, Mark O. Gessner, Andy Banegas-Medina, Simone D. Langhans, María Isabel Arce, Kate Brintrup, Rachel Stubbington, Pierre Gnohossou, Biel Obrador, Athina Papatheodoulou, Erin E. Beller, Nick Bond, Shai Arnon, Robert J. Rolls, Brian Four, Catherine M. Febria, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Bianca de Freitas Terra, Catherine Leigh, Emile Faye, Andreas Bruder, Daniel C. Allan, Jason L. Hwan, Núria Cid, Skhumbuzo Kubheka, Damien Banas, Nathan J. Waltham, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, Arturo Elosegi, Marko Miliša, Dev K. Niyogi, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Tommaso Cancellario, Melanie L. Blanchette, European Commission, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Freie Universität Berlin, University of Trento, Universität Rostock, Aarhus University, Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture (IRSTEA), University of the Basque Country (University of the Basque Country), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), University of Barcelona, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), University of Oklahoma (OU), University of Zurich, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Unité de Recherches Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (URAFPA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Universidad de Concepción, University of California [Berkeley], University of California, Edith Cowan University, University of Antioquia, Queensland Government, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), University of California [San Diego] (UC San Diego), University of Arizona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [Barcelona] (UAB), La Trobe University, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Switzerland, Griffith University [Brisbane], University of Navarra, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lorraine (UL), Universidade Estadual Vale do Acarau, National Council of Research, Water Research Institute, Universidad de Murcia, University of Canberra, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), University of Canterbury, University of Windsor, Département Ecologie des Forêts, Prairies et milieux Aquatiques (DEPT EFPA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Berlin Institute of Technology, Université de Parakou, Umea University, University of Coimbra, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, University of Otago [Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande], Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Queensland University of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Brandenburg University of Technology, University of Münster, University of Zagreb, Rhodes University, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), University of Missouri System, Terra Cypria - Cyprus Conservation Foundation, Universidate de Vigo, Masaryk University, University of Montenegro (UCG), University of New England (UNE), University of Niš, Nottingham Trent University, Université de Tlemcen, James Cook University (JCU), University of Tübingen, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Terre et Environnement de Lorraine (OTELo), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Canterbury [Christchurch], University of Windsor [Ca], Université de Parakou (UP), Department of Ecology and Environmental Science [Umeå], Umeå University, Swiss Federal Insitute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Dübendorf] (EAWAG), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Universidade de Vigo, and Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI)

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0106 biological sciences, Geologic Sediments, sédiment, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Climate, rehumectation, 01 natural sciences, Substance nutritive, Klimatforskning, chemistry.chemical_compound, zone humide temporaire, Nutrient, Nitrate, matière organique dissoute, Dissolved organic carbon, Canvi climàtic, Primary Research Article, Organic Chemicals, General Environmental Science, chemistry.chemical_classification, Global and Planetary Change, leaf litter, cycle des nutriments, Ecology, zone climatique, Litière végétale, Sediments fluvials, sediments, Lessivage du sol, 6. Clean water, Lixiviació, biofilms, leaching, rewetting, temporary rivers, climatic region, climate change, Environmental chemistry, Leaching (pedology), Biogeochemical cycle, Climate Research, P40 - Météorologie et climatologie, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Cours d'eau, Climate change, Biological Availability, 010603 evolutionary biology, River sediments, Sécheresse, biodisponibilité, Rivers, Environmental Chemistry, Organic matter, litière du sol, Matière organique, P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion, variation géographique, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Changement climatique, Nitrates, entraînement par lessivage, P35 - Fertilité du sol, Nutrients, 15. Life on land, Primary Research Articles, Arid, Climatic change, Plant Leaves, chemistry, 13. Climate action, Environmental science, bioavailability
Abstract

Climate change and human pressures are changing the global distribution and the extent of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which comprise half of the global river network area. IRES are characterized by periods of flow cessation, during which channel substrates accumulate and undergo physico‐chemical changes (preconditioning), and periods of flow resumption, when these substrates are rewetted and release pulses of dissolved nutrients and organic matter (OM). However, there are no estimates of the amounts and quality of leached substances, nor is there information on the underlying environmental constraints operating at the global scale. We experimentally simulated, under standard laboratory conditions, rewetting of leaves, riverbed sediments, and epilithic biofilms collected during the dry phase across 205 IRES from five major climate zones. We determined the amounts and qualitative characteristics of the leached nutrients and OM, and estimated their areal fluxes from riverbeds. In addition, we evaluated the variance in leachate characteristics in relation to selected environmental variables and substrate characteristics. We found that sediments, due to their large quantities within riverbeds, contribute most to the overall flux of dissolved substances during rewetting events (56%–98%), and that flux rates distinctly differ among climate zones. Dissolved organic carbon, phenolics, and nitrate contributed most to the areal fluxes. The largest amounts of leached substances were found in the continental climate zone, coinciding with the lowest potential bioavailability of the leached OM. The opposite pattern was found in the arid zone. Environmental variables expected to be modified under climate change (i.e. potential evapotranspiration, aridity, dry period duration, land use) were correlated with the amount of leached substances, with the strongest relationship found for sediments. These results show that the role of IRES should be accounted for in global biogeochemical cycles, especially because prevalence of IRES will increase due to increasing severity of drying events., In this study we experimentally simulated under laboratory conditions rewetting of leaves, riverbed sediments, and epilithic biofilms collected during the dry phase from intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams covering global spatial scale. We determined the amounts and quality of the leached nutrients and dissolved organic matter, assessed their inter‐substrate and cross‐climate differences, and estimated areal fluxes from 1 m2 of riverbeds. In addition, we evaluated the variance in leachate characteristics related to selected environmental variables and substrate characteristics.

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2019
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7. Protecting U.S. temporary waterways

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John S. Richardson, Núria Bonada, Catherine Leigh, Vicenç Acuña, R. Jan Stevenson, Klement Tockner, Alisha L. Steward, Andrew J. Boulton, Ross Vander Vorste, Jonathan C. Marshall, Stephanie M. Carlson, Daniel C. Allen, Rachel Stubbington, Peter M. Negus, Sergi Sabater, Clifford N. Dahm, Thibault Datry, WATER PLANNING ECOLOGY QUEENSLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE BRISBANE AUS, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University [Brisbane], Instituto Catalán de Investigación del Agua - ICRA (SPAIN) (ICRA), DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN USA, GRUP DE RECERCA FEHM LAB UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA ESP, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RURAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND ARMIDALE AUS, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY USA, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE USA, RiverLy (UR Riverly), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), INSTITUTE FOR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTS AND SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY BRISBANE AUS, ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL FRONTIERS QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY BRISBANE AUS, DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND CONSERVATION SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA VANCOUVER CAN, INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC ECOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA ESP, CENTER FOR WATER SCIENCE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EAST LANSING USA, Nottingham Trent University, LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES BERLIN DEU, and AUSTRIAN SCIENCE FUND VIENNA AUT

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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Ecological health, 0208 environmental biotechnology, Wetland, 02 engineering and technology, STREAMS, 01 natural sciences, Rivers, Environmental protection, Tributary, United States Environmental Protection Agency, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, geography, Multidisciplinary, geography.geographical_feature_category, Conservation of Water Resources, Biodiversity, 15. Life on land, 6. Clean water, United States, 020801 environmental engineering, Legal protection, 13. Climate action, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Environmental science
Abstract

Protecting the ecological health of rivers relies on maintaining intact flows from source areas to downstream navigable waters (1). Yet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to rescind legal protection of tributary rivers, streams, and wetlands that do not have year-round flows (temporary waterways) and whose surface waters contribute flow to permanent navigable waters (2). This decision would severely damage the condition and uses of many U.S. waters, both temporary and navigable.

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2018
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8. A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

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Roland Corti, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Ross Vander Vorste, María Isabel Arce, Iola G. Boëchat, Ryan M. Burrows, A. Uzan, Jonathan C. Marshall, Nick Bond, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Christopher T. Robinson, S. Kubheka, Damien Banas, Vladimir Pešić, Arnaud Foulquier, Klement Tockner, Nathan J. Waltham, Núria Cid, Thibault Datry, Michael T. Bogan, Marcos Moleón, Melanie L. Blanchette, Björn Gücker, Brian Four, Sudeep D. Ghate, Michael Danger, Musa C. Mlambo, V. D. Diaz-Villanueva, Florian Altermatt, Rosa Gómez, K. C. Brintrup Barría, Evans De La Barra, Manuela Morais, Richard G. Storey, Robert J. Rolls, Bianca de Freitas Terra, Tommaso Cancellario, Nabor Moya, A. M. De Girolamo, Arturo Elosegi, Chelsea J. Little, Amina Taleb, Ana Savić, R. del Campo, Simone Guareschi, Dominik Zak, Elisabeth I. Meyer, J. I. Jones, Annamaria Zoppini, Dev K. Niyogi, Peter M. Negus, Manuel A. S. Graça, Isabel Pardo, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Eduardo J. Martín, Kate S. Boersma, Petr Pařil, Erin E. Beller, Alex Laini, Kandikere R. Sridhar, Cristina Canhoto, Felicitas Hoppeler, D. von Schiller, Shai Arnon, Rachel Stubbington, Sarig Gafny, Alisha L. Steward, Núria Bonada, Lluís Gómez-Gener, Ricardo J. Albariño, A. Papatheodoulou, Joanna Blessing, Steffen U. Pauls, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Simone D. Langhans, Christiane Zarfl, Jean-Christophe Clément, Mark O. Gessner, Angus R. McIntosh, Fiona Dyer, Oleksandra Shumilova, Catherine M. Febria, Marek Polášek, Stefan Lorenz, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Stephanie M. Carlson, Andy Banegas-Medina, Jason L. Hwan, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, Daniel C. Allen, Catherine Leigh, Emile Faye, Marko Miliša, Andreas Bruder, Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions (UR MALY), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB), Leibniz Association, Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne] (UPV/EHU), Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et Ecosystèmes Limniques (CARRTEL), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), School of Geography and the Environment [Oxford] (SoGE), University of Oxford [Oxford], Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología [Río Negro] (IIPG), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN), Unité de Recherches Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (URAFPA), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Terre et Environnement de Lorraine (OTELo), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country, Intelligent Control Systems Laboratory (ICSL), Griffith University [Brisbane], Conseil Général du Rhône, Département du Rhône, Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Purdue University [West Lafayette], Centro de investigaciones biológicas, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm - University Hospital of Ulm, Department of Biosciences [Mangalore], Mangalore University, Langenberg, Heike, Goldin, Tamara, Plail, Melissa, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), School of Geography and the Environment [Oxford], Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions ( UR MALY ), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture ( IRSTEA ), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine ( LECA ), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Université Savoie Mont Blanc ( USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries, Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea ( UPV/EHU ), Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries ( IGB ), Freie Universität Berlin [Berlin], Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et Ecosystèmes Limniques ( CARRTEL ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université Savoie Mont Blanc ( USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] ), Laboratoire Environnement Géomécanique et Ouvrages ( LAEGO ), Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine ( INPL ), Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Unité de Recherches Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux ( URAFPA ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université de Lorraine ( UL ), Universitat de Barcelona ( UB ), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux ( LIEC ), Université de Lorraine ( UL ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion ( CERAG ), Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 ( UPMF ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Intelligent Control Systems Laboratory ( ICSL ), Griffith University, Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés ( SIMaP ), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology ( Grenoble INP ) -Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble ( INPG ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Grenoble Alpes ( UGA ), Spanish National Research Council ( CSIC ), Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Organic Chemistry Division-I, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad-500 007, India, Institut de Recherches Subatomiques ( IReS ), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, RIVERS, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Perennial plant, ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species, C CYCLE, SEQUESTRATION, 01 natural sciences, [ SDE ] Environmental Sciences, ECOSYSTEMS, ZONE CLIMATIQUE, 212 dry riverbeds, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, DROUGHT, CLIMATE-CHANGE, geography.geographical_feature_category, CYCLE DU CARBONE, Plant litter, CARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, 6. Clean water, global research, CO2 EMISSION, [ SDE.MCG ] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, TEMPORARY RIVERS, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Ecosystem ecology, DECOMPOSITION, riverbeds, P40 - Météorologie et climatologie, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, VÉGÉTATION RIPICOLE, ephemeral streams, ECOLOGY, Terrestrial plant, [ SDU.ENVI ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, STREAMS, P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion, GLOBAL CHANGE, [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Riparian zone, RIVER ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING, Hydrology, geography, ved/biology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, RIPARIAN VEGETATION, Global change, 15. Life on land, Arid, global change, river ecosystem functioning, CO2 emissions, temporary rivers, riparian vegetation, C cycle, COURS D'EAU, 13. Climate action, CO2 EMISSIONS, CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE, C-CYCLING, PATTERNS, Litter, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental science, terrestrial plant litter, intermittent rivers, MATTER, LITIÈRE VÉGÉTALE
Abstract

International audience; Perennial rivers and streams make a disproportionate contribution to global carbon (C) cycling. However, the contribution of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which sometimes cease to flow and can dry completely, is largely ignored although they represent over half the global river network. Substantial amounts of terrestrial plant litter (TPL) accumulate in dry riverbeds and, upon rewetting, this material can undergo rapid microbial processing. We present the results of a global research collaboration that collected and analysed TPL from 212 dry riverbeds across major environmental gradients and climate zones. We assessed litter decomposability by quantifying the litter carbon-to-nitrogen ratio and oxygen (O2) consumption in standardized assays and estimated the potential short-term CO2 emissions during rewetting events. Aridity, cover of riparian vegetation, channel width and dry-phase duration explained most variability in the quantity and decomposability of plant litter in IRES. Our estimates indicate that a single pulse of CO2 emission upon litter rewetting contributes up to 10% of the daily CO2 emission from perennial rivers and stream, particularly in temperate climates. This indicates that the contributions of IRES should be included in global C-cycling assessments.

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2018
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9. The Biota of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams:Terrestrial AND Semiaquatic Invertebrates

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Roland Corti, Alisha L. Steward, Thibault Datry, and Simone D. Langhans

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Taxonomic diversity, Fauna, Biodiversity, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Exposed riverine sediments, Unsaturated sediments, Ecosystem, Formicidae, Invertebrate, Riparian zone, Terrestrial arthropod, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Biota, Coleoptera, Habitat, Hebridae, Carabidae, Lycosidae, Temporary
Abstract

Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) can support a diverse and often abundant terrestrial and semiaquatic invertebrate (TSAI) fauna. This fauna can inhabit the shoreline, the surface of exposed gravel bars, unsaturated gravels, dry riverbeds, riparian zones, and floodplains. TSAI communities are typically dominated by ground-dwelling beetles, ants, and spiders, but many other taxonomic groups are represented. Much less is known about the species composition and ecological roles of TSAIs of IRES than their aquatic counterparts. In this chapter, we discuss the habitat requirements of TSAI fauna, as well as their taxonomic and functional diversity. We describe approaches to sampling them and the collection equipment required, the adaptations of IRES invertebrates to flow intermittence, and their roles in processing organic matter and nutrients. Finally, we identify threats to TSAI communities, outline existing knowledge gaps, and suggest how to manage IRES ecosystems to conserve or restore TSAI biodiversity. The explicit inclusion of IRES in management and legislation will help safeguard the diversity of TSAIs.

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2017
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10. Aquatic biota in hot water: thermal gradients in rheocrene hot spring discharges as analogues for the effects of climate warming

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Jonathan C. Marshall, Glenn B. McGregor, Peter M. Negus, Ruth A. O'Connor, and Alisha L. Steward

Subjects
lcsh:SH1-691, Hot spring, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Ecology, Aquatic ecosystem, fungi, Global warming, Climate change, rheocrene, thermophilic, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Aquatic Science, thermal tolerance, lcsh:Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling, crenobiology, Oceanography, Benthic zone, travertine, Spring (hydrology), Environmental science, Species richness, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, Invertebrate
Abstract

Hot springs are characterised by water temperatures above 36.7 °C. Temperature decreases with distance in flow away from spring vents; this natural gradient provides a unique opportunity to investigate the influence of water temperature on aquatic biota. This study investigated the relationship between water temperature and the aquatic invertebrates and benthic diatoms in outflows from a hot spring complex in tropical north Queensland, Australia. Water temperature ranged from 62.7 °C at the vents to 26.0 °C at the location furthest downstream. Richness of benthic diatoms and aquatic invertebrates increased linearly in response to decreasing temperature, with no species present in the hot vents. Multivariate analysis showed that both community assemblages had a response to the temperature gradient. A drop in aquatic invertebrate richness and a change in assemblage composition occurred between 40 °C and 42 °C, indicating a threshold at this temperature. The nearby Einasleigh River has experienced several contemporary peaks in water temperature over 40 °C, which corresponds to this threshold level. The relationships indicate that consistent increases in water temperature expected under climate change could decrease biological richness and precipitate changes in the aquatic invertebrate and benthic diatom taxa of tropical aquatic ecosystems.

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2020
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11. Contributors

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María Isabel Arce, Brad Autrey, Darren S. Baldwin, Susana Bernal, Kate S. Boersma, Michael T. Bogan, Núria Bonada, Nick Bond, Gudrun Bornette, Andrew J. Boulton, Stephanie M. Carlson, Eric Chauvet, Edwin T. Chester, Ming-Chih Chiu, Núria Cid, John Conallin, Roland Corti, Katie H. Costigan, Clifford N. Dahm, Thibault Datry, Mélissa De Wilde, Daniel Escoriza, Catherine Febria, Debra S. Finn, Ken Fritz, Emili García-Berthou, Keith Gido, Rosa Gómez, Jani Heino, Bernard Hugueny, Kristin L. Jaeger, Mark J. Kennard, Adam Kerezsy, Richard T. Kingsford, Phoebe Koundouri, Philip S. Lake, Simone D. Langhans, Catherine Leigh, David A. Lytle, Maria F. Magalhães, Eugènia Martí, Raphael Mazor, Peter A. McHugh, Angus R. McIntosh, Craig A. McLoughlin, Katerina Michaelides, Marcos Moleón, Michael T. Monaghan, Juanita Mora-Gómez, Ashley L. Murphy, Vol Norris, Paul Reich, Vincent Resh, Ute Risse-Buhl, Belinda J. Robson, Robert J. Rolls, Anna M. Romaní, Dirk J. Roux, Albert Ruhi, Sergi Sabater, María M. Sánchez-Montoya, José A. Sánchez-Zapata, Eric Sauquet, Michael Singer, Paul H. Skelton, Ioannis Souliotis, John C. Stella, Alisha L. Steward, Juliet C. Stromberg, Rachel Stubbington, Nicholas A. Sutfin, Pablo A. Tedesco, Xisca Timoner, Stephen Tooth, Daniel von Schiller, Ross Vander Vorste, Markus Weitere, James E. Whitney, and Lydia Zeglin

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2017
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12. Terrestrial invertebrates of dry river beds are not simply subsets of riparian assemblages

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Klement Tockner, Bronwyn Harch, Jonathan C. Marshall, Fran Sheldon, Alisha L. Steward, Satish Choy, and Stuart E. Bunn

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Hydrology, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Microclimate, 15. Life on land, Aquatic Science, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Pitfall trap, Habitat, 13. Climate action, Riparian forest, Environmental science, Terrestrial ecosystem, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Wadi, Water Science and Technology, Invertebrate, Riparian zone
Abstract

Dry river beds are common worldwide and are rapidly increasing in extent due to the effects of water management and prolonged drought periods due to climate change. While attention has been given to the responses of aquatic invertebrates to drying rivers, few studies exist on the terrestrial invertebrates colonizing dry river beds. Dry river beds are physically harsh and they often differ substantially in substrate, topography, microclimate and inundation frequency from adjacent riparian zones. Given these differences, we predicted that dry river beds provide a unique habitat for terrestrial invertebrates, and that their assemblage composition differs from that in adjacent riparian zones. Dry river beds and riparian zones in Australia and Italy were sampled for terrestrial invertebrates with pitfall traps. Sites differed in substrate type, climate and flow regime. Dry river beds contained diverse invertebrate assemblages and their composition was consistently different from adjacent riparian zones, irrespective of substrate, climate or hydrology. Although some taxa were shared between dry river beds and riparian zones, 66 of 320 taxa occurred only in dry river beds. Differences were due to species turnover, rather than shifts in abundance, indicating that dry river bed assemblages are not simply subsets of riparian assemblages. Some spatial patterns in invertebrate assemblages were associated with environmental variables (irrespective of habitat type), but these associations were statistically weak. We suggest that dry river beds are unique habitats in their own right. We discuss potential human stressors and management issues regarding dry river beds and provide recommendations for future research.

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2011
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13. Author Correction: A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways

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Ana Savić, Elisabeth I. Meyer, Ross Vander Vorste, Núria Cid, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, S. Gafny, J. I. Jones, Christopher T. Robinson, Arnaud Foulquier, Marko Miliša, María Isabel Arce, A. Papatheodoulou, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, S. Kubheka, Michael T. Bogan, Damien Banas, Björn Gücker, Chelsea J. Little, Isabel Pardo, Nabor Moya, Ahmed Taleb, Simone Guareschi, Nathan J. Waltham, V. D. Diaz-Villanueva, R. del Campo, Manuela Morais, Annamaria Zoppini, Erin E. Beller, Alex Laini, Manuel A. S. Graça, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Petr Pařil, Kate S. Boersma, Ricardo J. Albariño, Shai Arnon, Melanie L. Blanchette, Daniel C. Allen, Catherine Leigh, Klement Tockner, D. von Schiller, Nick Bond, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Emile Faye, Jason L. Hwan, Rosa Gómez, Iola G. Boëchat, Ryan M. Burrows, Brian Four, Dominik Zak, Jonathan C. Marshall, E. Martín, Florian Altermatt, Marcos Moleón, Bianca de Freitas Terra, Michael Danger, Musa C. Mlambo, F. Hoppeler, Evans De La Barra, Núria Bonada, Steffen U. Pauls, A. Uzan, Stefan Lorenz, Peter M. Negus, Lluís Gómez-Gener, Vladimir Pešić, Mark O. Gessner, Robert J. Rolls, Andreas Bruder, Fiona Dyer, Oleksandra Shumilova, Roland Corti, Cristina Canhoto, Sudeep D. Ghate, Marek Polášek, Stephanie M. Carlson, Andy Banegas-Medina, K. R. Sridhar, Richard G. Storey, Joanna Blessing, Thibault Datry, Christiane Zarfl, Angus R. McIntosh, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Simone D. Langhans, Jean-Christophe Clément, K. C. Brintrup Barría, Rachel Stubbington, Catherine M. Febria, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Alisha L. Steward, Tommaso Cancellario, A. M. De Girolamo, Arturo Elosegi, and Dev K. Niyogi

Subjects
Hydrology (agriculture), Perennial plant, Ecology, ved/biology, Terrestrial plant, ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species, Litter, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental science, Freshwater ecology, Carbon cycle
Abstract

Correction to: Nature Geoscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0134-4, published online 21 May 2018. In the version of this Article originally published, the affiliation for M. I. Arce was incorrect; it should have been: 5Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany. This has now been corrected in the online versions of the Article.

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2018
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14. Taxonomic Resolution and Quantification of Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Samples from an Australian Dryland River: The Benefits and Costs of Using Species Abundance Data

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Bronwyn Harch, Alisha L. Steward, and Jonathan C. Marshall

Subjects
Geography, Taxon, River ecosystem, Genus, Abundance (ecology), Ecology, Biodiversity, Context (language use), Species richness, Aquatic Science, Relative species abundance
Abstract

In studies using macroinvertebrates as indicators for monitoring rivers and streams, species level identifications in comparison with lower resolution identifications can have greater information content and result in more reliable site classifications and better capacity to discriminate between sites, yet many such programmes identify specimens to the resolution of family rather than species. This is often because it is cheaper to obtain family level data than species level data. Choice of appropriate taxonomic resolution is a compromise between the cost of obtaining data at high taxonomic resolutions and the loss of information at lower resolutions. Optimum taxonomic resolution should be determined by the information required to address programme objectives. Costs saved in identifying macroinvertebrates to family level may not be justified if family level data can not give the answers required and expending the extra cost to obtain species level data may not be warranted if cheaper family level data retains sufficient information to meet objectives. We investigated the influence of taxonomic resolution and sample quantification (abundance vs. presence/absence) on the representation of aquatic macroinvertebrate species assemblage patterns and species richness estimates. The study was conducted in a physically harsh dryland river system (Condamine-Balonne River system, located in south-western Queensland, Australia), characterised by low macroinvertebrate diversity. Our 29 study sites covered a wide geographic range and a diversity of lotic conditions and this was reflected by differences between sites in macroinvertebrate assemblage composition and richness. The usefulness of expending the extra cost necessary to identify macroinvertebrates to species was quantified via the benefits this higher resolution data offered in its capacity to discriminate between sites and give accurate estimates of site species richness. We found that very little information (

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2006
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