EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021

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5/25/2021  |   2:00 PM - 3:30 PM   |  A global synthesis of nutrient content dynamics in freshwater detritus   |  Virtual Platform

A global synthesis of nutrient content dynamics in freshwater detritus

Necromass is a central component of all ecosystems; decomposition recycles elements via microbial and detritivorous pathways. In comparison to terrestrial ecologists, aquatic ecologists have strongly focused on decomposition in terms of mass loss rather than elemental flows, potentially impeding development of aquatic ecosystem theories in its most general terms, and hindering unification of decomposition theory across ecosystem boundaries. However, changes in nutrient content are frequently measured throughout aquatic decomposition. We leveraged this common measurement by synthesizing published measurements of nutrient content (nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and carbon:nutrient ratios) in coarse necromass (e.g., leaf litter) to analyze trends and drivers of detrital nutrient content throughout the decomposition process. Results suggest temporal nutrient content trajectories are partially determined by initial nutrient content, with important differences between N and P. We will discuss implications of these patterns and drivers for consumers and ecosystem function, methodological constraints and structure of our dataset, and future directions for freshwater decomposition ecology and its unification with terrestrial theories.

  • Decomposition
  • Nutrient cycling
  • Organic matter

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Caleb J. Robbins (), Baylor University, Caleb_Robbins@baylor.edu;


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Halvor Halvorson (), University of Central Arkansas, hhalvorson@uca.edu;


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David Manning (), University of Nebraska at Omaha, davidmanning@unomaha.edu;


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Elliot Bastias (), Unaffiliated, ebastias222@gmail.com;


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Cristiane Biasi (), Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Campus de Erechim, cristiane.biasi@gmail.com;


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Allyn Dodd (), Lyon College, allyn.dodd@lyon.edu;


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Rebecca Eckert (), University of Maryland, reckert@umd.edu;


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Alice Gossiaux (), LIEC, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, France, alice.gossiaux@univ-lorraine.fr;


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Jérémy Jabiol (), LIEC, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, France, jeremy.jabiol@univ-lorraine.fr;


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Andrew Mehring (), University of Louisville, andrew.mehring@louisville.edu;


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Beth Norman (), Lacawac Sanctuary and Biological Field Station, beth.norman@lacawac.org;


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Ada Pastor (), Aarhus University, adapastor@bio.au.dk;


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