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作者: Albariño, Ricardo ; Gonzales, Rosario Karina ; Prussian, Aaron ; Richardson, John S. ; Callisto, Marcos ; Imberger, Moss ; Rodríguez-Gallego, Lorena ; Giling, Darren P. ; Villanueva, Veronica Díaz ; Frost, Paul C. ; Meissner, Kristian ; Pozo, Jesus ; Dangles, Olivier ; Mishra, Shailendra ; Reid, Brian ; Rincón, José ; Canhoto, Cristina ; Woelfl, Stefan ; Boyero, Luz ; Hepp, Luiz U. ; Ondruch, Jakub ; Guérold, François ; Rusak, James A. ; Grace, Mike ; Ferriol, Carmen ; Marcarelli, Amy M. ; Allen, Daniel C. ; Costello, D. M. ; Crespo-Pérez, Verónica ; Clapcott, Joanne ; Neres-Lima, Vinicius ; Zhang, Yixin ; Mombrikotb, Shorok ; de Mello, Franco Teixeira ; Yoshimura, Chihiro ; Janetski, David J. ; Burdon, Francis ; Capps, K. A. ; Leavitt, Peter R. ; Iñiguez-Armijos, Carlos ; Griffiths, Natalie A. ; Huddart, Joseph ; Vilbaste, Sirje ; Barbosa, Marcus V.M. ; Danger, Michael ; Colón-Gaud, Checo ; Camacho, Antonio ; Kosten, Sarian ; Gonçalves, José Francisco ; Selmeczy, Géza B. ; Mooney, Rob ; Skuja, Agnija ; Cross, Wyatt F. ; Andino, Patricio ; Moerke, Ashley ; Gilmer, Alan ; Flecker, Alexander S. ; Veach, Allison M. ; Nieminen, Mika L. ; Gulis, Vlad ; Barmuta, Leon A. ; Medeiros, Adriana ; Cornut, Julien ; Colas, Fanny ; Soto, Pavel Ernesto García ; Yule, Catherine M. ; Flanagan, Kyla M. ; Wilson, Paul B. ; Leroux, Shawn ; Hudson, John ; Moulton, Timothy ; Koning, Aaron A. ; Higgins, Scott ; Graça, Manuel A.S. ; Schmidt, J. P. ; Yates, Adam G. ; Woodward, Guy ; Robinson, Christopher T. ; de Eyto, Elvira ; MacKenzie, Richard ; Smykla, Jerzy ; McKie, Brendan G. ; Espinosa, Rodrigo ; Bruesewitz, Denise A. ; Stoler, Aaron ; Gessner, Mark O. ; Douglas, Michael M. ; Webster, Jackson R. ; Paavola, Riku ; Sridhar, Kandikere R. ; Ferreira, Verónica ; Follstad Shah, J. J. ; Encalada, Andrea C. ; Vought, Lena B.-M. ; Xenopoulos, Marguerite A. ; Masese, Frank O. ; Tonkin, Jonathan D. ; Lemes da Silva, Aurea L ; Bruder, Andreas ; Laudon, Hjalmar ; Tiegs, S. D. ; Quenta, Estefania ; Wang, Chiao-Ping ; Fleituch, Tadeusz ; Negishi, Junjiro ; Chauvet, Eric ; Baxter, Colden ; McIntyre, Peter B. ; García-Lago, Liliana ; Swan, Christopher M. ; Kuehn, Kevin A. ; Derry, Alison M. ; Ghate, Sudeep ; Sponseller, Ryan ; Arango, Clay ; Culp, Joseph ; Peeters, Edwin T.H.M. ; Hishi, Takuo ; Simiyu, Gelas ; Acuña, Vicenç ; Castillo, María M. ; Alonso, Cecilia ; Brown, Lee E. ; Kirkwood, Andrea E. ; Iwata, Tomoya ; Miyake, Yo ; Frainer, André ; Lisi, Peter J. ; Pardo, Isabel ; Miliša, Marko ; Santamans, Anna C. ; Zwart, Jacob A. ; Uusheimo, Sari ; Entrekin, Sally ; Grossart, Hans-Peter ; Royer, Todd V. ; Bragina, Lyubov ; Risnoveanu, Geta ; LeRoy, C. J. ; Patrick, C. J. ; Garcia, Erica A. ; Elosegi, Arturo ; Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo E. ; Muotka, Timo ; Rigosi, Anna ; Aroviita, Jukka ; Friberg, Nikolai ; Nimptsch, Jorge ; Isken, Mark W. ; Bellinger, Brent
Rivers and streams contribute to global carbon cycling by decomposing immense quantities of terrestrial plant matter. However, decomposition rates are highly variable and large-scale patterns and drivers of this process remain poorly understood. Using a cellulose-based assay to reflect the primary constituent of plant detritus, we generated a predictive model (81% variance explained) for cellulose decomposition rates across 514 globally distributed streams. A large number of variables were important for predicting decomposition, highlighting the complexity of this process at the global scale. Predicted cellulose decomposition rates, when combined with genus-level litter quality attributes, explain published leaf litter decomposition rates with high accuracy (70% variance explained). Our global map provides estimates of rates across vast understudied areas of Earth and reveals rapid decomposition across continental-scale areas dominated by human activities.