ArticleGlobal change biology2022
Glacier shrinkage will accelerate downstream decomposition of organic matter and alters microbiome structure and function.
Article in Global change biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Cold comfort for change: Stream mats as biological indicators of ecosystem processes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.Journal of phycology · 2026Review
- Experimental insights in taxon-specific functional responses to droughts in glacier-fed stream biofilms.Microbiome · 2026Article
- Surface Texture of Macroplastic Pollution in Streams Alters the Physical Structure and Diversity of Biofilm Communities.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Glacier influence shapes the genomic architecture of the downstream aquatic microbiome.ISME communications · 2025Article
- Drifting along: using diatoms to track the contribution of microbial mats to particulate organic matter transport in a glacial meltwater stream in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- The dark side of the moon: first insights into the microbiome structure and function of one of the last glacier-fed streams in Africa.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Glacier retreat reorganizes river habitats leaving refugia for Alpine invertebrate biodiversity poorly protected.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
- Homogeneous Environmental Selection Structures the Bacterial Communities of Benthic Biofilms in Proglacial Floodplain Streams.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Cross-domain interactions confer stability to benthic biofilms in proglacial streams.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2023Article
- Environmental micro-niche filtering shapes bacterial pioneer communities during primary colonization of a Himalayas' glacier forefield.Environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Glacier shrinkage will accelerate downstream decomposition of organic matter and alters microbiome structure and function.Global change biology · 2022Article
- Spatial patterns of benthic biofilm diversity among streams draining proglacial floodplains.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The shrinking of glaciers is among the most iconic consequences of climate change. Despite this, the downstream consequences for ecosystem processes and related microbiome structure and function remain poorly understood. Here, using a space-for-time substitution approach across 101 glacier-fed streams (GFSs) from six major regions worldwide, we investigated how glacier shrinkage is likely to impact the organic matter (OM) decomposition rates of benthic biofilms. To do this, we measured the activities of five common extracellular enzymes and estimated decomposition rates by using enzyme allocation equations based on stoichiometry. We found decomposition rates to average 0.0129 (% d
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