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Dataset "Do microplastics and climate change negatively affect shredder invertebrates from an Amazon stream? An ecosystem functioning perspective"
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This dataset supports research investigating the combined effects of microplastic pollution and climate change on leaf-shredding invertebrates in Amazon streams, using leaf decomposition rates and invertebrate survival as ecosystem function measures.
Database refers to leaf decomposition and survival of Amazon stream shredders. Able to be updated later.
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Do microplastics and climate change negatively affect shredder invertebrates from an Amazon stream? An ecosystem functioning perspective
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This dataset supports research examining the combined effects of microplastic pollution and climate change on leaf-shredding invertebrates in an Amazon stream, measuring leaf decomposition and invertebrate survival as indicators of ecosystem functioning.
Do microplastics and climate change negatively affect shredder invertebrates from an amazon stream? An ecosystem functioning perspective
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Researchers experimentally tested the combined effects of microplastic pollution and climate change conditions on the survival and feeding behavior of an Amazonian freshwater shredder invertebrate. The study suggests that the combination of microplastic exposure with increased temperature and CO2 levels can negatively affect these organisms, with implications for leaf litter decomposition and ecosystem functioning in tropical streams.
Microplastics alter the leaf litter breakdown rates and the decomposer community in subtropical lentic microhabitats
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Researchers exposed leaf litter decomposition systems to microplastics and measured breakdown rates and decomposer community composition, finding that microplastics slowed litter breakdown and shifted the abundance of invertebrate shredders and microbial decomposers. The study suggests microplastics could disrupt nutrient cycling in freshwater ecosystems by impairing a foundational ecological process.
Evidence of micro and macroplastic toxicity along a stream detrital food-chain.
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Both micro- and macroplastic polyethylene pieces inhibited the decomposition of leaf litter in freshwater streams, with microplastics reducing the feeding activity of stream invertebrates. Since leaf litter decomposition is a critical process that nutrients and energy flow into freshwater food webs, plastic pollution could disrupt these fundamental ecosystem functions.
Climate change and microplastic effects on conidial fungal assemblages associated with leaf litter in an Amazonian stream
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In an Amazonian stream, climate change and microplastic pollution are not independent threats — they interact and compound each other's damage to aquatic ecosystems. A microcosm experiment found that warming temperatures (simulating climate change) and microplastic exposure together suppressed the reproductive output of aquatic fungi beyond what either stressor caused alone, potentially reducing the ability of these ecosystems to break down leaf litter. Since fungal decomposition is the foundation of nutrient cycling in tropical forest streams, these combined effects could have cascading consequences for one of Earth's most biodiverse ecosystems.
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