Works (135)
Updated: April 22nd, 2024 06:39
2024 article
Decomposition rates appear stable despite elevated shrimp abundances following hurricanes in montane streams, Puerto Rico
Kelly, M., Freeman, M., Gutierrez-Fonseca, P. E., Gomez, J. E., Perez, R., Victoria-Lacy, L., … Pringle, C. (2024, January 29). HYDROBIOLOGIA, Vol. 1.
author keywords: Leaf decomposition; Headwater streams; Hurricane; Macroconsumers; Puerto Rico; Top-down effects
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 12, 2024
2024 article
Sampling completeness changes perceptions of continental scale climate-species richness relationships in odonates
Alves-Martins, F., Stropp, J., Juen, L., Ladle, R. J., Lobo, J. M., Martinez-Arribas, J., … Hortal, J. (2024, February 16). JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, Vol. 2.
author keywords: damselflies; dragonflies; Meso-America; sensitivity analysis; South America; spatial bias; species richness; survey completeness
TL;DR:
The quality of the data on the distribution and diversity of odonate species in the Neotropics is evaluated, while also examining the influence of sampling completeness on climate–richness relationships using a comprehensive database of odonates.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 4, 2024
2023 article
Can we see the nitrate from the trees? Long-term linkages between tropical forest productivity and stream nitrogen concentrations
Ardon, M., Clark, D. A., Marzolf, N. S., Ramirez, A., & Pringle, C. M. (2023, February 22). BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, Vol. 2.
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023
2023 article
Hurricane disturbance drives trophic changes in neotropical mountain stream food webs
Gutierrez-Fonseca, P. E., Pringle, C. M., Ramirez, A., Gomez, J. E., & Garcia, P. (2023, November 23). ECOLOGY, Vol. 11.
author keywords: Bayesian mixing model; disturbances; food webs; hurricanes; neotropical streams; stable isotopes
doi.org (publisher)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: December 11, 2023
2023 journal article
Land use scenarios, seasonality, and stream identity determine the water physicochemistry of tropical cloud forest streams
PEERJ, 11.
author keywords: Tropical streams; Land use; Cloud forest; Stream physicochemistry; Land use scenarios; Seasonality
MeSH headings : Anthropogenic Effects; Antigua and Barbuda; Biomass; Chlorides; Chlorophyll; Forests; Halogens
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: June 22, 2023
2023 journal article
MEIOFAUNA IN TROPICAL MONTANE STREAMS: BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS REGULATING COMMUNITIES
ACTA BIOLOGICA COLOMBIANA, 28(2).
author keywords: Benthic organisms; Freshwater invertebrates; Protozoa; Stream bed; Streamflow
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 19, 2023
2023 journal article
Stream food webs in tropical mountains rely on allochthonous carbon regardless of land use
PLOS ONE, 18(12).
Ed(s): F. Masese
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: January 29, 2024
2023 journal article
The trophic ecology of an invasive predator in a novel ecosystem: Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus in a restored urban stream
FOOD WEBS, 36.
author keywords: Urban stream; Invasive species; Trophic ecology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 19, 2023
2022 journal article
Do experimental pH increases alter the structure and function of a lowland tropical stream?
ECOSPHERE, 13(7).
author keywords: acidification; buffering capacity; disturbance; macroinvertebrates; stream; structure and function; tropical ecology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 27, 2022
2022 journal article
Effects of urbanization on Odonata assemblages in tropical island streams in San Juan, Puerto Rico
International Journal of Odonatology.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: June 22, 2023
2022 journal article
Natural history of Odonata assemblages in tropical streams in Puerto Rico
NEOTROPICAL BIODIVERSITY, 8(1), 112–123.
author keywords: Tropical streams; Anisoptera; Zygoptera; tropical ecology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 28, 2022
2022 article
Partitioning inorganic carbon fluxes from paired O-2-CO2 gas measurements in a Neotropical headwater stream, Costa Rica
Marzolf, N. S., Small, G. E., Oviedo-Vargas, D., Ganong, C. N., Duff, J. H., Ramirez, A., … Ardon, M. (2022, July 16). BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, Vol. 7.
author keywords: Tropical streams; Carbon cycling; Inorganic carbon; CO2 evasion; Net ecosystem production
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 17, 2022
2021 article
A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research
Maasri, A., Jaehnig, S. C., Adamescu, M. C., Adrian, R., Baigun, C., Baird, D. J., … Worischka, S. (2021, December 1). ECOLOGY LETTERS, Vol. 12.
author keywords: data infrastructure; ecology; freshwater biodiversity crisis; freshwaters; management; monitoring; research priorities; social ecology
MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Fresh Water
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: December 13, 2021
2021 journal article
Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 253.
author keywords: Biogeochemistry; Climate change; Drought; Food web; Gamma radiation; Hurricane; Landslide; Land use; Forest management; Succession; Warming
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021
2021 journal article
Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Biomass; Biota; Body Size; Chironomidae / physiology; Climate; Ecosystem; Ephemeroptera / physiology; Insecta / physiology; Plant Leaves / chemistry; Rainforest; Rivers / chemistry; Rivers / microbiology; Rivers / parasitology; Rivers / virology; Tropical Climate; Tundra
TL;DR:
The results suggest that litter decomposition might be altered by detritivore extinctions, particularly in tropical areas, where detritvore diversity is already relatively low and some environmental stressors particularly prevalent.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 19, 2021
2021 journal article
Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition
SCIENCE ADVANCES, 7(13).
TL;DR:
The latitudinal pattern indicates that loss of plant functional diversity will have different consequences on carbon fluxes across the globe, with greater repercussions likely at low latitudes than at high latitudes.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: April 5, 2021
2021 journal article
Rearing methods and life cycle characteristics of Chironomus sp. Florida (Chironomidae: Diptera): A rapid-developing species for laboratory studies
PLOS ONE, 16(2).
MeSH headings : Animals; Chironomidae / growth & development; Florida; Laboratories; Larva / growth & development; Life Cycle Stages / physiology; Puerto Rico; Temperature
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 29, 2021
2020 journal article
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) from Puerto Rico: a checklist with notes on distribution and habitat
PEERJ, 8.
author keywords: Species inventory; West Indies; Insect diversity; Caribbean
TL;DR:
Current and historic records suggest that the Odonata fauna is dominated by generalist species and has changed little since the agricultural period, and this list provides a point of reference to understand biodiversity patterns in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and for assessing the effects of land use change on aquatic insect diversity.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: October 19, 2020
2020 journal article
Mayfly emergence production and body length response to hydrology in a tropical lowland stream
PEERJ, 8.
author keywords: Mayflies; Sublethal effects; Disturbance; Environmental stress; Morphometry; Costa Rica; Emergence pattern; Secondary production; Export; Emergence production
TL;DR:
There was large temporal variability in mayfly biomass that was unrelated to hydrological fluctuations, but potentially related to trophic interactions (e.g., fish predation).
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: September 21, 2020
2020 article
Preface: Recent advances in tropical lake research
Ramirez, A., Caballero, M., Vazquez, G., & Colon-Gaud, C. (2020, November). HYDROBIOLOGIA, Vol. 847, pp. 4143–4144.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
(Web of Science)
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: November 24, 2020
2020 journal article
Trophic basis of production in tropical headwater streams, Puerto Rico: an assessment of the importance of allochthonous resources in fueling food webs
HYDROBIOLOGIA, 847(8), 1961–1975.
author keywords: Tropical stream; Macroinvertebrate; Production; Gut contents; Trophic basis
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: April 6, 2020
2020 journal article
Understanding tropical forest abiotic response to hurricanes using experimental manipulations, field observations, and satellite data
BIOGEOSCIENCES, 17(12), 3149–3163.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
(Web of Science)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 13, 2020
2020 journal article
When the rainforest dries: Drought effects on a montane tropical stream ecosystem in Puerto Rico
FRESHWATER SCIENCE, 39(2), 197–212.
author keywords: aseasonality; disturbances; low flow; neotropical streams; precipitation
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 27, 2020
2019 journal article
Leaf litter decomposition and macroinvertebrate assemblages along an urban stream gradient in Puerto Rico
BIOTROPICA, 51(5), 641–651.
author keywords: functional feeding groups; impervious surface; leaf decomposition; macroinvertebrates; Puerto Rico; tropical streams; urban watershed
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 26, 2019
2019 chapter
Multiple Stressors in the Neotropical Region: Environmental Impacts in Biodiversity Hotspots
In Multiple Stressors in River Ecosystems (pp. 205–220).
TL;DR:
The status and general trends of 10 stressors for neotropical freshwater ecosystems are described, including agriculture, mining, and increase in impervious cover due to urbanization are the major stressors.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2019 journal article
Nutrient export and elemental stoichiometry in an urban tropical river
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 29(2).
Contributors: W. McDowell*, W. McDowell*, J. Potter * & n
author keywords: coastal; dissolved organic carbon; dissolved organic matter; dissolved organic nitrogen; dissolved silica; nitrate; nutrients; phosphate; stoichiometry; tropical; urban
MeSH headings : Environmental Monitoring; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Puerto Rico; Rivers
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 18, 2019
2019 journal article
Urbanization increases the proportion of aquatic insects in the diets of riparian spiders
Freshwater Science, 38(2), 379–390.
Contributors: S. Kelly *, E. Cuevas * & *
author keywords: stable isotopes; C-13; N-15; subsidies; urban streams; Tetragnathidae; Puerto Rico
TL;DR:
Stable isotope analyses and Bayesian mixing models used to assess trophic transfers between primary energy sources, insects, and orb-weaver spiders along the riparian zone of an urban gradient in San Juan, Puerto Rico found that both δ13C and δ15N values varied with the amount of urbanization.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2018 journal article
Comunidades de arañas ribereñas como indicadores de la condición de los ecosistemas fluviales en la cuenca del Río Piedras de Puerto Rico.
Actualidades Biológicas, 39(107), 1–23.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 7, 2020
2018 journal article
Drought Facilitates Species Invasions in an Urban Stream: Results From a Long-Term Study of Tropical Island Fish Assemblage Structure
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6(AUG).
Contributors: * , P. Gutiérrez-Fonseca *, S. Kelly *, A. Engman n, K. Wagner*, K. Rosas*, N. Rodríguez *
TL;DR:
This study documents drought-facilitated invasions by several aggressive and highly ecologically competitive species, highlights the importance of the natural flow regime as a source of environmental resilience to invasions in tropical island streams, and provides an example of how climate change has and will likely continue to alter Caribbean stream fish assemblages.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(Web of Science)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID, Crossref
Added: December 17, 2018
2018 journal article
Effects of experimental pool level reduction on Phylloicus pulchrus (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae) feeding and conspecific behavior from a tropical rainforest stream
Intropica, 3, 13.
TL;DR:
To evaluate how reductions in water levels, similar to those associated with droughts, influence feeding and conspecific behavior of Phylloicus pulchrus, were carried out in Laboratory experimental pool reductions.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 7, 2020
2018 journal article
Large-scale climatic phenomena drive fluctuations in macroinvertebrate assemblages in lowland tropical streams, Costa Rica: The importance of ENSO events in determining long-term (15y) patterns
PLOS ONE, 13(2), e0191781.
Contributors: P. Gutiérrez-Fonseca *, * & C. Pringle *
Ed(s): M. Cañedo-Argüelles
MeSH headings : Animals; Climate; Costa Rica; Forecasting; Invertebrates / classification; Rivers; Tropical Climate
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that Neotropical lowland streams are highly dynamic and not as stable as is commonly presumed, with high intra- and inter-annual variability in environmental parameters that change the structure and composition of freshwater macroinvertebrate assemblages.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2018 journal article
Life history and phenology of Phylloicus pulchrus (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae) in a tropical rainforest stream of Puerto Rico
Revista De Biología Tropical, 66(2), 814.
author keywords: caddisfly; tropical streams; environmental variables; rainfall seasonality; instar determination; body-case relation
TL;DR:
The influence of rainfall (and seasonality) on different larval instars highlights the importance of this variable on early larval development.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2018 chapter
Superfamily Gomphoidea
In Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates (pp. 377–397).
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2018 journal article
The larva of Perissolestes remotus (Williamson & Williamson, 1924) (Zygoptera: Perilestidae)
The larva of Perissolestes remotus (Williamson & Williamson, 1924) (Zygoptera: Perilestidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 21(3-4), 173–179.
author keywords: Odonata; larval description; taxonomy; Costa Rica; dragonflies
TL;DR:
The larva of Perissolestes remotus is described for the first time based on Costa Rican specimens collected in forested streams with abundant organic matter and is characterized by a slender, elongated body, with lateral keels on abdominal segments 1–9, and a middorsal row of spines on segments 4–10.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 7, 2020
2017 chapter
18. Rivers of Costa Rica
In M. Kappelle (Ed.), Costa Rican Ecosystems (pp. 621–655).
Ed(s): M. Kappelle
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 25, 2020
2017 journal article
Decreases in the size of riparian orb webs along an urbanization gradient
Journal of Arachnology, 45(2), 248–252.
Contributors: J. Sanchez-Ruiz*, * & S. Kelly *
author keywords: Capture area; Puerto Rico; Rio Piedras watershed; Tetragnatha; web structure
TL;DR:
A significant negative relationship between the capture area of webs and in the body condition of spiders with increasing levels of surrounding impervious surface is found along an urban watershed in Puerto Rico.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2017 journal article
Facilitation between shrimps and mayflies in montane stream ecosystems, Puerto Rico
Revista De La Asociación Colombiana De Ciencias Biológicas, 1(29), 15–20. https://www.revistaaccb.org/r/index.php/accb/article/view/136/131
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: November 19, 2020
2017 journal article
Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude
Scientific Reports, 7(1).
Contributors: L. Boyero *, M. Graça *, A. Tonin *, J. Pérez *, A. Swafford *, V. Ferreira *, A. Landeira-Dabarca*, M. Alexandrou*
MeSH headings : Ecosystem; Nitrogen / metabolism; Phosphorus / metabolism; Plant Leaves / metabolism; Plants / metabolism; Rivers; Tropical Climate
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2016 journal article
Allochthonous vs. autochthonous energy resources for aquatic insects in cloud forest streams, Veracruz, Mexico
Hidrobiológica, 26(3), 483–496.
Contributors: P. García*, R. Novelo-Gutiérrez *, G. Vázquez * & *
author keywords: Allochthonous and autochthonous material; cloud forest; food-webs; guts contents; Neotropical streams; trophic basis
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 19, 2020
2016 journal article
Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1829), 20152664.
Contributors: L. Boyero *, R. Pearson *, C. Hui *, M. Gessner *, J. Pérez *, M. Alexandrou*, M. Graça *, B. Cardinale*
author keywords: decomposition; latitudinal gradient; climate; litter quality; biodiversity; detritivore shredders
MeSH headings : Biodegradation, Environmental; Biodiversity; Biota; Carbon Cycle; Climate; Ecosystem; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Phylogeny; Plants; Rivers
TL;DR:
A global-scale study of litter breakdown in streams to compare the roles of biotic, climatic and other environmental factors on breakdown rates revealed that breakdown of alder was driven by climate, with some influence of pH, whereas variation in breakdown of litter mixtures was explained mainly by litter quality and PD.
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Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 25, 2020
2016 journal article
Ecological evaluation of streams in Puerto Rico: Major threats and evaluation tools,Evaluación de la calidad ecológica de los ríos en Puerto Rico: Principales amenazas y herramientas de evaluación
Hidrobiologica, 26(3), 433–441. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85022327391&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Source: ORCID
Added: June 22, 2023
2016 journal article
Evaluación de la calidad ecológica de los ríos en Puerto Rico: principales amenazas y herramientas de evaluación
Hidrobiológica, 26(3), 433–441.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 23, 2021
2016 chapter
Freshwater Decapod Diversity and Conservation in Central America and the Caribbean
In A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans (pp. 267–301).
Contributors: I. Wehrtmann *, * & O. Pérez-Reyes *
TL;DR:
The biodiversity of the freshwater decapod fauna of this region is still incompletely known despite recent efforts, and much more data need to be collected onspecies that are already known to be threatened with extinction, and on species that are too poorly known to assess.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2016 journal article
Ocurrencia de nemátodos en ninfas de Ephemeroptera en una quebrada de bosque tropical lluvioso
Intropica, 11, 67.
TL;DR:
No hubo diferencias de infeccion entre habitats, pero los efemeropteros fueron menos abundantes en los rapidos; tampoco se observo una relacion entre the longitud of the ef emergencyopteros y the cantidad of nematodos presentes.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 25, 2020
2016 journal article
Phosphorus retention in a lowland Neotropical stream following an eight-year enrichment experiment
Freshwater Science, 35(1), 1–11.
Contributors: G. Small *, M. Ardón* , J. Duff*, A. Jackman*, * , F. Triska*, C. Pringle *
author keywords: phosphorus; sediments; sorption; storage; stream; tropical
Sources: Crossref, ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2016 journal article
Poverty, urbanization, and environmental degradation: urban streams in the developing world
Freshwater Science, 35(1), 429–435.
Contributors: K. Capps *, C. Bentsen* & *
author keywords: low-income economies; urban; freshwater; environmental Kuznets curves; water security; ecosystem services; wastewater; infrastructure
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 25, 2020
2016 journal article
Predation of Telebasis vulnerata (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) eggs by detritivorous caddisfly larva, Phylloicus pulchrus (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae)
International Journal of Odonatology, 19(4), 253–256.
author keywords: dragonfly; damselfly; egg mortality; consumption; tropical stream
TL;DR:
Phylloicus pulchrus is detritivorous insect that consume leaf tissue, but it is capable of consuming T. vulnerata eggs, potentially as a supplementary food resource.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2016 chapter
Rivers of Costa Rica
In M. Kappelle (Ed.), Costa Rican Ecosystems (pp. 621–655).
Ed(s): M. Kappelle
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: July 27, 2021
2016 journal article
Sobre ensambles y ensamblajes ecológicos - respuesta a Monge-Nájera
Revista De Biología Tropical, 64(2), 817.
Contributors: * & P. Gutiérrez-Fonseca *
TL;DR:
This work replies to Monge-Najera’s comment on the use of the terms ensemble and assemblage, and argues for the using of the words ensamble and ensamblaje in Spanish.
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Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 25, 2020
2016 journal article
The larvae of Epigomphus jannyae Belle, 1993 and E. tumefactus Calvert, 1903 (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae)
PeerJ, 4(8), e2338.
Contributors: R. Novelo-Gutiérrez *, * & D. Delgado*
author keywords: Odonata; Anisoptera; Gomphidae; Larval description; Taxonomy
TL;DR:
The taxonomic knowledge about immature stages of the insect order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) is rather limited in tropical America; here, the larvae of Epigomphus jannyae Belle and E. tumefactus are described, figured, and compared with other described congeners.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 25, 2020
2016 journal article
Urbanization and stream ecology: diverse mechanisms of change
Freshwater Science, 35(1), 272–277.
Contributors: A. Roy *, K. Capps *, R. El-Sabaawi *, K. Jones *, T. Parr *, * , R. Smith*, C. Walsh *, S. Wenger *
author keywords: symposium; urban stream ecology; land use; sustainable urban water management; restoration
TL;DR:
The papers in this special series on urbanization and stream ecology include both primary research studies and conceptual synthesis papers spurred from discussions at SUSE in May 2014, emphasizing global differences in mechanisms and responses of stream ecosystems toUrbanization and management solutions in diverse urban streams.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 25, 2020
2015 chapter
Dinámica metabólica del periliton de ríos de la cuenca alta del río La Antigua, Veracruz, México
In J. Alcocer, M. Merino-Ibarra, & E. Escobar-Briones (Eds.), Tendencias de investigación en Limnología tropical: Perspectivas universitarias en Latinoamérica (pp. 155–164). Mexico: Asociación Mexicana de Limnología, A.C., Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM, y Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología.
Ed(s): J. Alcocer, M. Merino-Ibarra & E. Escobar-Briones
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 23, 2021
2015 journal article
Leaf-litter breakdown in tropical streams: is variability the norm?
Freshwater Science, 34(2), 759–769.
Contributors: L. Boyero *, R. Pearson *, M. Gessner *, D. Dudgeon *, * , C. Yule *, M. Callisto *, C. Pringle *
author keywords: decomposition; shredders; microorganisms; tropical streams; variability
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2015 journal article
New records of Anacroneuria Klapálek, 1909 (Plecoptera: Perlidae) for Central America
Zootaxa, 3994(3), 445.
Contributors: P. Gutiérrez-Fonseca *, A. Alonso-Rodríguez *, A. Cornejo *, A. Bailey*, J. Maes * & *
author keywords: Costa Rica; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Panama; stonefly; taxonomy
MeSH headings : Animal Distribution; Animals; Central America; Insecta / classification; Male
TL;DR:
The perlid genus Anacroneuria is the most widely distributed stonefly occurring in the Neotropics, and new Central American records for four species are provided including new range extensions.
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Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2015 journal article
Relationships between land cover, riparian vegetation, stream characteristics, and aquatic insects in cloud forest streams, Mexico
Hydrobiologia, 768(1), 167–181.
Contributors: M. Astudillo*, R. Novelo-Gutiérrez *, G. Vázquez *, J. García-Franco * & *
author keywords: Functional feeding groups; Forest cover; Water chemistry; Channel geomorphology
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 25, 2020
2015 journal article
Stable isotope analyses of web-spinning spider assemblages along a headwater stream in Puerto Rico
PeerJ, 3(10), e1324.
Contributors: S. Kelly *, E. Cuevas * & *
author keywords: El Yunque National Forest; Reciprocal subsidies; Aquatic insects; delta C-13; Riparian zone; delta N-15
TL;DR:
It was found that aquatic insects made up ∼50% of the diet for web-spinning spiders collected at 0 m, 10 m, and 25 m from the stream, which highlights the importance of aquatic insects as a food source forweb-sp spinning spiders despite the taxonomic differences in assemblages at different distances from theStream.
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Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2015 journal article
Tropical freshwater sciences: an overview of ongoing tropical research
Freshwater Science, 34(2), 606–608.
Contributors: * , M. Ardón* , M. Douglas * & M. Graça *
TL;DR:
This paper presents a probabilistic analysis of the response of the immune system to the presence of carbon dioxide in the air of Rio Piedras and shows clear patterns of decline in response to pollution.
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2014 journal article
Descomposición de hojarasca en seis arroyos de Bosque Mesófilo de Montaña en la cuenca alta del río La Antigua, Veracruz, México
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 111.
author keywords: leaf breakdown; aquatic insects; forest cover; functional feeding groups
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
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Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Diversity of Benthic Biofilms Along a Land Use Gradient in Tropical Headwater Streams, Puerto Rico
Microbial Ecology, 68(1), 47–59.
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Biodiversity; Biofilms; Forests; Microbial Consortia; Nitrates / chemistry; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Puerto Rico; Rivers / chemistry; Rivers / microbiology; Urbanization; Water / chemistry; Water Microbiology
TL;DR:
The results suggest that urbanization may indeed increase microbial diversity indirectly by increasing nutrients in stream water and the relationship between biofilm diversity and reach-scale parameters was determined using the Akaike Information Criterion.
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Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Do omnivorous shrimp influence mayfly nymph life history traits in a tropical island stream?
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 41.
author keywords: interspecific interactions; predator-prey; shrimp; mayflies; tropical streams
TL;DR:
The results suggest that interspecific interactions between these taxa could potentially influence organic matter resource dynamics (e.g., leaf litter processing and export) in Puerto Rican streams.
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Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Estudios sobre macroinvertebrados acuáticos en América Latina: avances recientes y direcciones futuras
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 9.
author keywords: aquatic insects; rivers; lakes; wetlands; state of knowledge; Latin America; macroinvertebrates
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Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Functional feeding groups of aquatic insect families in Latin America: a critical analysis and review of existing literature
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 155.
Contributors: * & P. Gutiérrez-Fonseca *
author keywords: food habits; FFG; trophic guilds; trophic structure; tropical streams
MeSH headings : Animals; Food Chain; Fresh Water; Insecta / classification; Insecta / physiology; Latin America; Seasons
TL;DR:
This study provides details on piercers that feed on vascular plants by cutting or piercing the tissue using sharp or chewing mouth parts and consume plant liquids, and provides general guidelines on how to assign organisms to their functional feeding groups.
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Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Knowledge to Serve the City: Insights from an Emerging Knowledge-Action Network to Address Vulnerability and Sustainability in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cities and the Environment (CATE), 7(1), 5. http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol7/iss1/5
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 28, 2021
2014 journal article
Land use effects on leaf litter breakdown in low-order streams draining a rapidly developing tropical watershed in Puerto Rico
Revista De Biología Tropical, 62, 129.
Contributors: P. Torres * & *
author keywords: tropical streams; land use; detritivores; human impacts; decay rates; Puerto Rico
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Animals; Biodegradation, Environmental; Ecosystem; Invertebrates / classification; Invertebrates / physiology; Plant Leaves / metabolism; Puerto Rico; Rivers / chemistry; Time Factors; Trees / metabolism
TL;DR:
Assessment of rates of leaf litter breakdown in low-order tropical streams draining forest, agriculture, and urban land uses in Puerto Rico suggests that land use is an important factor affecting leaf litter processing in streams.
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Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Leaf litter decomposition in six cloud forest streams of the upper La Antigua watershed, Veracruz, Mexico,Descomposición de hojarasca en seis arroyos de Bosque Mesófilo de Montaña en la cuenca alta del río La Antigua, Veracruz, México
Revista De Biologia Tropical, 62, 111–127. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907386204&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Source: ORCID
Added: March 8, 2024
2014 report
Protocolo de evaluación visual de quebradas para Puerto Rico.
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico, recinto de Río Piedras.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 28, 2021
2014 chapter
Puerto Rico
In P. Alonso-EguíaLis, J. M. Mora, B. Campbell, & M. Springer (Eds.), Diversidad, conservación y uso de los macroinvertebrados dulceacuícolas de México, Centroamérica, Colombia, Cuba y Puerto Rico. Jiutepec, Morelos, México: Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua.
Ed(s): P. Alonso-EguíaLis, J. Mora, B. Campbell & M. Springer
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 28, 2021
2014 journal article
Spatio-temporal variation in stream water chemistry in a tropical urban watershed
Ecology and Society, 19(2).
author keywords: ion concentrations; nutrient concentrations; Puerto Rico; tropical streams; urban streams; water physicochemistry
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
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Added: January 28, 2020
2014 journal article
Studies on Latin American freshwater macroinvertebrates: Recent advances and future directions,Estudios sobre macroinvertebrados acuáticos en América Latina: Avances recientes y direcciones futuras
Revista De Biologia Tropical, 62, 9–20. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907410779&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Source: ORCID
Added: March 8, 2024
2014 journal article
Using empirical field data of aquatic insects to infer a cut-off slope value in asymptotic models to assess inventories completeness
Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad, 85(1), 218–227.
Contributors: J. Gómez-Anaya *, R. Novelo-Gutiérrez *, * & R. Arce-Pérez*
author keywords: potential species richness; theoretical slope; Odonata; Coleoptera; Zimapan; Coalcoman
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land
(OpenAlex)
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Added: January 28, 2020
2013 journal article
Aquatic insects of Puerto Rico: a list of families
Dugesiana, 20(2), 215–219.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
2013 journal article
Experimental acidification of two biogeochemically-distinct neotropical streams: Buffering mechanisms and macroinvertebrate drift
Science of The Total Environment, 443, 267–277.
Contributors: M. Ardón* , J. Duff, * , G. Small, A. Jackman, F. Triska, C. Pringle
author keywords: Acidification; Bicarbonate; Macroinvertebrates; Drift; Costa Rica; La Selva
MeSH headings : Acids / chemistry; Animals; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Invertebrates; Tropical Climate
TL;DR:
The results elucidate the different buffering mechanisms in tropical streams and suggest that low-solute poorly buffered streams might be particularly vulnerable to episodic acidification.
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Added: December 6, 2018
2013 journal article
First record of Telebasis filiola Perty (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) preying on small web-building spiders (Arachnida: Tetragnathidae)
International Journal of Odonatology, 16(4), 289–292.
Contributors: R. Novelo-Gutiérrez * & *
author keywords: Odonata; damselfly; Telebasis; Araneae; Tetragnathidae; Leucauge; gleaning
TL;DR:
At a wetland in southeastern Mexico a female of Telebasis filiola was observed and photographed preying on a small web-building spider of the genus Leucauge, which is the first record of gleaning by a representative of this genus.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: January 28, 2020
2013 journal article
Freshwater macroinvertebrates from Cocos Island, Costa Rica: Species and comparison with other islands of the Eastern Tropical Pacific,Macroinvertebrados dulceacuícolas de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica: Especies y comparación con otras islas del Pacífico Tropical Oriental
Revista De Biologia Tropical, 61(2), 657–668. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877281220&partnerID=MN8TOARS
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Added: March 8, 2024
2013 journal article
Macroinvertebrados dulceacuícolas de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica: especies y comparación con otras islas del Pacífico Tropical Oriental
Revista De Biología Tropical, 61(2), 657–668.
TL;DR:
Diptera was the order of insects with the highest taxonomic richness and a relationship between distance and the number of families was observed supporting the premises of the Theory of island Biogeography, indicating that mountainous islands had the richest faunas.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2013 journal article
Temporal variation on Odonata larval assemblage diversity in a lowland stream in western Mexico
Odonatologica, 42(4), 309–323. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890475933&partnerID=MN8TOARS
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Added: January 29, 2021
2013 journal article
The larvae of <em>Heteragrion majus
Zootaxa, 3609(1), 96–100.
Contributors: * & P. Gutiérrez-Fonseca *
author keywords: Odonata; Zygoptera; Megapodagrionidae; Heteragrion majus; Heteragrion atrolineatum; taxonomy; larvae; Costa Rica
MeSH headings : Animals; Costa Rica; Female; Larva / anatomy & histology; Male; Odonata / anatomy & histology; Odonata / classification
TL;DR:
The final larval stadium of Heteragrion majus Selys and H. atrolineatum Donnelly are described and illustrated for the first time, using reared material from Costa Rica, and compared with other species of the genus known from the country.
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Added: January 28, 2020
2012 journal article
Fish assemblage structure in urban streams of Puerto Rico: the importance of reach- and catchment-scale abiotic factors
Hydrobiologia, 693(1), 141–155.
Contributors: A. Engman * & *
author keywords: Channelization; Fish assemblage; In-stream habitat; Urban; Tropical Island
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 28, 2020
2012 journal article
Rainfall-Driven Amplification of Seasonal Acidification in Poorly Buffered Tropical Streams
Ecosystems, 15(6), 974–985.
Contributors: G. Small *, M. Ardón* , A. Jackman*, J. Duff*, F. Triska*, * , M. Snyder *, C. Pringle *
author keywords: acidification; carbonic acid; climate; CO2; El Nino; stream; tropical
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Added: December 6, 2018
2011 journal article
A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration
Ecology Letters, 14(3), 289–294.
Contributors: L. Boyero *, R. Pearson *, M. Gessner *, L. Barmuta *, V. Ferreira *, M. Graça *, D. Dudgeon *, A. Boulton *
author keywords: Carbon cycle; climate change; detritivores; global analysis; latitudinal gradient; litter decomposition; microbial decomposers; streams; temperature
MeSH headings : Carbon Cycle; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon Sequestration; Climate Change; Ecosystem; Fresh Water; Plant Leaves / metabolism; Plants / metabolism; Temperature
TL;DR:
It is found that climate warming will likely hasten microbial litter decomposition and produce an equivalent decline in detritivore-mediated decomposition rates, which implies consequences for global biogeochemistry and a possible positive climate feedback.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2011 journal article
Effects of urbanization on stream physicochemistry and macroinvertebrate assemblages in a tropical urban watershed in Puerto Rico
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 30(3), 739–750.
author keywords: urban stream ecology; tropical; macroinvertebrates; riparian buffers; land use; water physicochemistry
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2011 journal article
Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns
Ecology, 92(9), 1839–1848.
Contributors: L. Boyero *, R. Pearson *, D. Dudgeon *, M. Graça *, M. Gessner *, R. Albariño *, V. Ferreira *, C. Yule *
author keywords: global distribution pattern; latitudinal diversity gradient; leaf litter quality; shredder detritivores; stream ecosystems
MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Demography; Feeding Behavior; Food Chain; Invertebrates / physiology
TL;DR:
The authors' findings markedly contrast with global trends of diversity for most taxa, and with the general rule of higher consumer diversity at higher levels of resource diversity, and highlight the emerging role of temperature in understanding global patterns of diversity, which is of great relevance in the face of projected global warming.
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2011 journal article
Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21(2), 134–141.
Contributors: L. Boyero *, R. Pearson *, D. Dudgeon *, V. Ferreira *, M. Graça *, M. Gessner *, A. Boulton *, E. Chauvet *
author keywords: Detritus; diversity; guild; latitudinal gradient; leaf litter; shredders; species richness; stream ecosystems; trophic diversity
TL;DR:
The hypothesis that shredder detritivores, a key trophic guild in stream ecosystems, are more diverse at higher latitudes, which has important ecological implications in the face of potential biodiversity losses, is tested.
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Added: January 28, 2020
2011 journal article
The neotropical damselfly genus Cora: new larval descriptions and a comparative analysis of larvae of known species (Odonata: Polythoridae)
International Journal of Odonatology, 14(3), 249–256.
author keywords: Odonata; Zygoptera; Polythoridae; Cora skinneri; Cora semiopaca; Cora lugubris; Cora marina; taxonomy; larvae; Costa Rica; Colombia
TL;DR:
The final larval stadium of four species of Cora are described and compared with known species in the genus, finding that two major groups can be differentiated based on the shape of the caudal gills.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2011 journal article
The use of a Stream Visual Assessment Protocol to determine ecosystem integrity in an urban watershed in Puerto Rico
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 36(12), 560–566.
author keywords: Habitat assessment; Urban watershed; Tropical streams; Macroinvertebrates
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2011 journal article
Urban impacts on tropical island streams: Some key aspects influencing ecosystem response
Urban Ecosystems, 15(2), 315–325.
Contributors: * , A. Engman *, K. Rosas*, O. Perez-Reyes * & D. Martinó-Cardona*
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 28, 2020
2010 journal article
Biotic and abiotic controls on the ecosystem significance of consumer excretion in two contrasting tropical streams
Freshwater Biology, 55(10), 2047–2061.
Contributors: J. Benstead *, W. Cross *, J. March*, W. Mcdowell *, * & A. Covich*
author keywords: consumer-driven nutrient recycling; ecological stoichiometry; El Yunque; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico
TL;DR:
Body size was generally a strong predictor of excretion rates in both taxa, differing between Xiphocaris and Atya for TDP but not NH4-N and TDN, and Excretion rates showed statistically significant but weak relationships with body content stoichiometry.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2010 journal article
Chapter 1. Introduction to the groups of aquatic macroinvertebrates,Capítulo 1. Introducción a los grupos de macroinvertebrados acuáticos
Revista De Biologia Tropical, 58(SUPPL. 4), 3–37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81255211463&partnerID=MN8TOARS
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Added: March 8, 2024
2010 journal article
Chapter 2. Recollection methods,Capítulo 2. Métodos de recolección
Revista De Biologia Tropical, 58(SUPPL. 4), 41–50. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81255197707&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Source: ORCID
Added: March 8, 2024
2010 journal article
Chapter 5. Odonata,Capítulo 5. Odonata
Revista De Biologia Tropical, 58(SUPPL. 4), 97–136. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81255146513&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Source: ORCID
Added: March 8, 2024
2010 journal article
Introducción a los grupos de macroinvertebrados acuáticos
Revista De Biología Tropical, 58(Suppl. 4), 3–37.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2010 journal article
Métodos de recolección
Revista De Biologia Tropical, 58(Suppl. 4), 41–50.
Source: NC State University Libraries
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2010 journal article
Odonata
Revista De Biologia Tropical, 58(Suppl. 4), 97–136.
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Added: January 29, 2021
2010 journal article
[Fresh water macroinvertebrates of Costa Rica I].,Macroinvertebrados de agua dulce de Costa Rica I.
Revista De Biología Tropical, 58 Suppl 4. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856623971&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Source: ORCID
Added: March 8, 2024
2009 journal article
Are tropical streams really different?
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 28(2), 397–403.
Contributors: L. Boyero *, * , D. Dudgeon * & R. Pearson *
TL;DR:
The results suggest that shredder diversity might depend on elevation, water temperature, characteristics of the riparian vegetation along altitudinal gradients, and variation in water chemistry at local scales.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2009 journal article
The streams of Gorgona Natural National Park within the global context: An introduction to the special issue
Actualidades Biologicas, 31(91), 105–110.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
2009 journal article
Twenty-six key research questions in urban stream ecology: an assessment of the state of the science
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 28(4), 1080–1098.
author keywords: urbanization; impervious surface; stressors; management; ecosystem function; community structure
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2009 journal article
Urban streams in Puerto Rico: what can we learn from the tropics?
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 28(4), 1070–1079.
Contributors: * , R. De Jesús-Crespo*, D. Martinó-Cardona*, N. Martínez-Rivera * & S. Burgos-Caraballo*
author keywords: urban streams; urbanization; physicochemistry; macroinvertebrates; fishes; decomposition; metabolism; disturbance; anthropogenic impacts; Puerto Rico; tropical
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2008 journal article
Secondary production, longevity and resource consumption rates of freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams with contrasting geomorphology and food web structure
Freshwater Biology, 53(12), 2504–2519.
author keywords: Atya; bioenergetics; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico; Xiphocaris
TL;DR:
A minimum longevity model was constructed to explore the likely minimum life spans of the two dominant taxa (Atya spp. and Xiphocaris elongata) and a bioenergetics model was used to quantify annual consumption rates of major basal resources by the two taxa.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2008 journal article
The dynamics of phosphorus retention during an eight-year P-addition in a Neotropical headwater stream
SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010, 30(4), 551–554.
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Added: March 8, 2020
2008 journal article
Toward Quantifying the Relative Importance of Invertebrate Consumption and Bioturbation in Puerto Rican Streams
Biotropica, 40(4), 477–484.
Contributors: W. Cross *, * , A. Santana* & L. Santiago *
author keywords: Atyidae; bioenergetics; Caribbean; Decapoda; detritus; ecosystem engineer; freshwater shrimps; island; mayflies; tropical stream
TL;DR:
This study suggests that bioturbation is the dominant process that redistributes and entrains fine particles after storm events, and that a variable fraction of deposited and accrued benthic material may be consumed during base-flow conditions.
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2008 chapter
Tropical Stream Conservation
In D. Dudgeon (Ed.), Tropical Stream Ecology (pp. 285–304).
Ed(s): D. Dudgeon
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Added: November 19, 2020
2007 chapter
Biodiversidad de insectos acuáticos y el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas
In R. N. Gutierrez & P. E. Alonso-Equia-Lis (Eds.), Entomología Acuática Mexicana: estado actual de conocimiento y aplicación. (pp. 39–49). Jiutepec: Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua, Sociedad Mexicana de Entommologia.
Ed(s): R. Gutierrez & P. Alonso-Equia-Lis
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2007 journal article
Leaf Breakdown in a Tropical Headwater Stream (Puerto Rico): The role of Freshwater Shrimps and Detritivorous Insects
Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 22(4), 581–590.
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that even in a tropical island stream dominated by large populations of decapods, there was a significant degree of leaf breakdown by small, less abundant groups of detritivorous insects.
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2006 journal article
Fast growth and turnover of chironomid assemblages in response to stream phosphorus levels in a tropical lowland landscape
Limnology and Oceanography, 51(1), 189–196.
Contributors: * & C. Pringle *
TL;DR:
The increase in larval biomass turnover along the phosphorus gradient indicates that a gradient of increasing energy flow exists from detrital-based resources to primary consumers and a potential gradient of increase energy flow from primary consumers to upper trophic levels as phosphorus increases.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2006 journal article
New vistas in Neotropical stream ecology—Preface
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 25(1), 61–65.
Contributors: K. Wantzen*, * & K. Winemiller *
TL;DR:
Neotropical streams may be nearly as environmentally diverse as the rich faunas and floras that they support, and regional environmental heterogeneity in the tropics is particularly influenced by patterns of precipitation and soils/geology.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2006 journal article
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus Transport and Retention in Tropical, Rainforest Streams Draining a Volcanic and Geothermally Active Landscape in Costa Rica. : Long-Term Concentration Patterns, Pore Water Environment and Response to ENSO Events
Biogeochemistry, 81(2), 131–143.
Contributors: F. Triska*, C. Pringle *, J. Duff*, R. Avanzino*, * , M. Ardon* , A. Jackman*
author keywords: phosphorus; retention; sorption; SRP; streams; tropical; TP; transport; volcanic; ENSO
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: December 6, 2018
2006 journal article
Temporal and spatial patterns in stream physicochemistry and insect assemblages in tropical lowland streams
Journal of North American Benthological Society, 25(1), 108–125.
Contributors: * , C. Pringle * & M. Douglas *
Sources: ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
2004 journal article
Aquatic Insect Assemblages in Shrimp-dominated Tropical Streams, Puerto Rico
Biotropica, 36(2), 259–266.
TL;DR:
Insect assemblages were typical of tropical island streams and insects were found in all stream habitats and shrimp impacted insects directly via predation and competition and indirectly through removing particles from the water column.
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14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2004 journal article
Do macroconsumers affect insect responses to a natural stream phosphorus gradient?
Hydrobiologia, 515(1-3), 235–246.
author keywords: detritus-based food webs; streams; phosphorus gradient; aquatic insects; Michaelis-Menten model
TL;DR:
The asymptotic relationship observed between phosphorus and insects suggests that phosphorus saturation occurred above a threshold of ca.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2004 journal article
Ecological Research and the Costa Rican Park System
Ecological Applications, 14(1), 25–27.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2003 journal article
Effects of stream phosphorus levels on microbial respiration
Freshwater Biology, 48(1), 88–97.
author keywords: enrichment; geothermal inputs; microbial respiration; phosphorus; tropical streams
TL;DR:
Results indicate that variations in phosphorus concentrations can potentially affect patterns of microbial respiration rates at a landscape level via differential inputs of solute-rich groundwater into streams.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2002 journal article
Landscape variation in phosphorus concentration and effects on detritus-based tropical streams
Limnology and Oceanography, 47(1), 278–289.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2001 journal article
A Test of Top-Down and Bottom-up Control in a Detritus-based food web
Ecology, 82(8), 2279–2293.
author keywords: bottom-up (resource) control; consumers; detritivores; detritus processing in streams; La Selva, Costa Rica; macroconsumer control in streams; nutrient limitation in streams; phosphorus; stream invertebrates; top-down vs. bottom-tip control of stream food web
TL;DR:
The results suggest that the impacts of nutrient enrichment on detritivores may be as great or greater than those previously observed on herbivores.
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Added: November 19, 2020
2001 journal article
Spatial and temporal patterns of invertebrate drift in streams draining a Neotropical landscape
Freshwater Biology, 46(1), 47–62.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: November 19, 2020
2000 chapter
Dragonflies and damselflies of Costa Rican Cloud Forests
In N. Nadkarni & N. T. Wheelwright (Eds.), Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest (p. 97). New York: Oxford University Press.
Ed(s): N. Nadkarni & N. Wheelwright
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
2000 journal article
Odonata of Costa Rica: Diversity and checklist of species
Revista De Biología Tropical, 48(1), 245–252.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1999 journal article
The Neotropical Dragonfly Genus Macrothemis: New Larval Descriptions and an Evaluation of Its Generic Status Based on Larval Stages (Odonata:Libellulidae)
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 18(1), 67–73.
author keywords: Odonata; Libellulidae; Macrothemis; M-aurimaculata; M-celeno; M-inequiunguis; taxonomy; larval stages; key; Brechmorhoga
TL;DR:
The larvae of Macrothemis aurimaculata and M. inequiunguis are described and illustrated and some features to separate larvae of macrothemis from its close relative Brechmorhoga are given.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 19, 2020
1998 journal article
Effect of habitat type on benthic macroinvertebrates in two tropical lowland streams, Costa Rica
Revista De Biología Tropical, 46(Suppl.6), 201–213.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1998 journal article
Invertebrate drift and benthic community dynamics in a lowland neotropical stream, Costa Rica
Hydrobiologia, 386(1/3), 19–26.
author keywords: drift dynamics; larval shrimp migrations; diel periodicity; benthos; tropical streams
TL;DR:
The results, and those of previous experiments in the study stream, suggest that nighttime drift is driven by the presence of predatory diurnal drift-feeding fishes and nocturnal adult shrimps, suggesting that benthic communities are subject to similar stresses throughout the year, and that populations grow and reproduce continuously.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 19, 2020
1998 journal article
Macroconsumer effects on insect detritivores and detritus processing in a tropical stream
Freshwater Biology, 39(3), 515–523.
TL;DR:
The results suggest that using such netting in tropical streams may deter macroconsumers, which can affect insect density and, potentially, decay rates of organic matter.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 19, 2020
1998 journal article
Structure and Production of a Benthic Insect Assemblage in a Neotropical Stream
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 17(4), 443–463.
author keywords: invertebrates; aquatic insects; benthos; assemblage structure; secondary production; discharge; habitat type; macroconsumers; fishes; shrimps; neotropical streams; Costa Rica
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 19, 2020
1998 journal article
The benthic macroinvertebrate community in Caribbean Costa Rican streams and the effect of sampling methods
Revista De Biología Tropical, 46(Suppl. 6), 185–199.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1998 journal article
The larva of Macrothemisinacuta (Odonata: Libellulidae)
Entomological News, 109(5), 301–306.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 29, 2021
1998 journal article
Use of both benthic and drift sampling techniques to assess tropical stream invertebrate communities along an altitudinal gradient, Costa Rica
Freshwater Biology, 39(2), 359–373.
TL;DR:
It is recommended that drift sampling be included as a standard complementary tool to benthic sampling in biological assessments of tropical streams, which are often characterized by migratory invertebrate species such as shrimps.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: November 19, 2020
1997 journal article
Description and natural history of the Costa Rican Odonata larvae. V: Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782) (Zygoptera, Pseudostigmatidae).
Odonatologica, 26(1), 75–81.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1997 journal article
Lista de especies costarricenses del orden Odonata (Insecta) de las que se conoce la náyade
Revista De Biología Tropical, 44/45(3/1), 225–232.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1996 journal article
Six new dragonfly larvae of the family Gomphidae in Costa Rica, with a key to the Central American genera (Anisoptera)
Odonatologica, 25(2), 143–156.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1995 journal article
A note on phototactic behavior and on phoretic associations in larvae of Mecistogaster ornata Rambur from northern Costa Rica (Zygoptera: Pseudostigmatidae)
Odonatologica, 24(2), 219–224.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1995 journal article
Descripción e historia natural de las larvas de odonatos de Costa Rica. IV: Mecistogaster ornata (Rambur, 1842) (Zygoptera, Pseudostigmatidae).
Bulletin of American Odonatology, 3, 43–47.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1995 journal article
The larvae of Neocordulia batesi longipollex Calvert, 1909 (Odonata: Cordulidae)
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 103(2), 180–184.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1994 journal article
Descripción e historia natural de las larvas de odonatos de Costa Rica. III: Gynacantha tibiata (Karsch, 1891) (Anisoptera Aeshnidae).
Bulletin of American Odonatology, 2, 9–14.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1994 journal article
Descripción e historia natural de las náyades de odonatos de Costa Rica. II: Archilestes neblina (Garrison,1982) (Odonata, Lestidae), con una clave para las especies del género en Costa Rica
Folia Entomológica Mexicana, 90, 9–16.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
1994 journal article
Megapodagrionidae (Odonata, Zygoptera) de Mexico y Centro América I: Las náyades de Philogenia carrillica, P. peacocki y P. terraba.
Acta Zoológica Mexicana, 63, 61–73.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 30, 2021
1992 journal article
Description and natural history of Costa Rican dragonfly larvae. I: Heteragrion erythrogastrum Selys, 1886 (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae)
Odonatologica, 21(3), 361–365.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2021
Employment
Updated: December 11th, 2019 00:35
2018 - present
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Professor
Applied Ecology
2001 - 2018
University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras Rio Piedras, PR
Professor
Environmental Sciences
Education
Updated: January 4th, 2016 10:49
University of Georgia Athens, GA, US
Ph.D.
Institute of Ecology
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica Heredia, Heredia, CR
BS
Ciencias Biológicas
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