Jérémy Jabiol

TL;DR: Reducing the functional diversity of decomposer organisms and plant litter types slowed the cycling of litter carbon and nitrogen, and the emergence of this general mechanism and the coherence of patterns across contrasting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems suggest that biodiversity loss has consistent consequences for litter decomposition and the Cycling of major elements on broad spatial scales.

TL;DR: The results suggest that functional ecosystem impairment resulting from widespread biodiversity loss could be more severe than inferred from previous experiments confined to varying diversity within single trophic levels.

TL;DR: A distinct sensitivity of litter-associated microbial communities in streams to chronic AgNP exposure is highlighted, with effects on both microbial functions and community structure resulting in notable ecosystem consequences through impacts on litter decomposition and further biogeochemical processes.

TL;DR: This study examined the relationship between resource consumption and growth rates of litter-consuming detritivores and C:N:P ratios and offered leaf litter as a replacement for litter to address the imbalance.

TL;DR: This work assessed the effect of litter mixing on all possible three-species combinations drawn from four tree species on both fungal assemblages and the rate of litter consumption by a common shredder, Gammarus fossarum, and found the greater development of some fungal species coincided with increased leaf consumption, which may have resulted from feeding preferences by these fungi.