Authors
Daniel Nelson, Michelle H Busch, Darin A Kopp, Daniel C Allen
Publication date
2023
Journal
Functional Ecology
Description
  1. Empirical evidence and theory suggest that climate warming and an increase in the frequency and duration of drying events will alter the metabolic balance of freshwater ecosystems. However, the impacts of climate change on ecosystem metabolism may depend on whether energy inputs are of autochthonous or allochthonous origin. To date, few studies have examined how warming and drying may interact to alter stream metabolism, much less how their impacts may depend on the energy‐base of the food web.
  2. To address this research gap, we conducted a multi‐factorial experiment using outdoor mesocosms to investigate the individual and synergistic effects of warming and drought on metabolic processes in stream mesocosms with green (algal‐based) vs. mixed (algal‐ and detritus‐based) vs. brown (detritus‐based) energy pathways.
  3. We set up 48 mesocosms with one of three different levels of shade and …
Total citations
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Scholar articles
D Nelson, MH Busch, DA Kopp, DC Allen - Functional Ecology, 2023