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Leon A. Barmuta
Researcher at University of Tasmania
Publications - 119
Citations - 5409
Leon A. Barmuta is an academic researcher from University of Tasmania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Riparian zone & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 114 publications receiving 4941 citations. Previous affiliations of Leon A. Barmuta include Monash University, Clayton campus & Hobart Corporation.
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Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude
Luz Boyero,Manuel A. S. Graça,Alan M. Tonin,Javier Pérez,Andrew J. M. Swafford,Verónica Ferreira,Andrea Landeira-Dabarca,Andrea Landeira-Dabarca,Markos A. Alexandrou,Mark O. Gessner,Mark O. Gessner,Brendan G. McKie,Ricardo J. Albariño,Leon A. Barmuta,Marcos Callisto,Julián Chará,Eric Chauvet,Checo Colón-Gaud,David Dudgeon,Andrea C. Encalada,Andrea C. Encalada,Ricardo Figueroa,Alexander S. Flecker,Tadeusz Fleituch,André Frainer,André Frainer,José F. Gonçalves,Julie E. Helson,Tomoya Iwata,Jude M. Mathooko,Charles M'Erimba,Catherine M. Pringle,Alonso Ramírez,Christopher M. Swan,Catherine M. Yule,Richard G. Pearson +35 more
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that litter quality would increase with latitude (despite variation within regions) and traits would be correlated to produce ‘syndromes’ resulting from phylogeny and environmental variation, and it is found lower litter quality and higher nitrogen:phosphorus ratios in the tropics.
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Monitoring Ecological Impacts - Concepts and practice in flowing waters
Barbara J. Downes,Leon A. Barmuta,Peter G. Fairweather,Daniel P. Faith,Michael J. Keough,Phillip Spencer Lake,Bruce D. Mapstone,Gerry P. Quinn +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the nature of monitoring problems and to rivers, and apply principles of Inference and Design to applying monitoring designs to flowing waters, and present alternative models for impact assessment.
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Habitat structural complexity mediates the foraging success of multiple predator species.
TL;DR: Habitat structure can influence multiple predator effects, and support the mechanism of increased prey refuge in more structurally complex macrophytes, as demonstrated by the results of a fully crossed four-factorial laboratory experiment.
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A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration
Luz Boyero,Richard G. Pearson,Mark O. Gessner,Mark O. Gessner,Leon A. Barmuta,Verónica Ferreira,Manuel A. S. Graça,David Dudgeon,Andrew J. Boulton,Marcos Callisto,Eric Chauvet,Eric Chauvet,Julie E. Helson,Andreas Bruder,Andreas Bruder,Ricardo J. Albariño,Catherine M. Yule,Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam,Judy N. Davies,Ricardo Figueroa,Alexander S. Flecker,Alonso Ramírez,Russell G. Death,Tomoya Iwata,Jude M. Mathooko,Catherine Mathuriau,José F. Gonçalves,Marcelo S. Moretti,Tajang Jinggut,Sylvain Lamothe,Sylvain Lamothe,Charles M'Erimba,Lavenia Ratnarajah,Markus Schindler,José Castela,Leonardo Buria,Aydeé Cornejo,Aydeé Cornejo,Verónica Díaz Villanueva,Derek C. West +39 more
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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An ecologically useful classification of mean and near‐bed flows in streams and rivers
TL;DR: In this article, the combined effects of velocity, depth and substrate roughness are used to identify the flow regimes occurring within the microhabitats of stream benthos, and a classification of near-bed flows is proposed.