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Mark O. Gessner
Researcher at Leibniz Association
Publications - 179
Citations - 30713
Mark O. Gessner is an academic researcher from Leibniz Association. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plant litter & Ecosystem. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 171 publications receiving 26675 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark O. Gessner include Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology & Technical University of Berlin.
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Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges
David Dudgeon,Angela Arthington,Mark O. Gessner,Zen'ichiro Kawabata,Duncan Knowler,Christian Lévêque,Robert J. Naiman,Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard,Doris Soto,Melanie L. J. Stiassny,Caroline A Sullivan +10 more
TL;DR: This article explores the special features of freshwater habitats and the biodiversity they support that makes them especially vulnerable to human activities and advocates continuing attempts to check species loss but urges adoption of a compromise position of management for biodiversity conservation, ecosystem functioning and resilience, and human livelihoods.
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Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity
Charles J. Vörösmarty,Peter B. McIntyre,Peter B. McIntyre,Mark O. Gessner,David Dudgeon,Alexander A. Prusevich,Pamela A. Green,Stanley Glidden,Stuart E. Bunn,Caroline A Sullivan,C. Reidy Liermann,Peter Davies +11 more
TL;DR: The first worldwide synthesis to jointly consider human and biodiversity perspectives on water security using a spatial framework that quantifies multiple stressors and accounts for downstream impacts is presented.
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Erratum: Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity
Charles J. Vörösmarty,Peter B. McIntyre,Mark O. Gessner,David Dudgeon,Alexander A. Prusevich,Pamela A. Green,Stanley Glidden,Stuart E. Bunn,Caroline A Sullivan,C. Reidy Liermann,Peter Davies +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the full present address for author P. B. McIntyre was inadvertently missing from the bottom of the page and the correct present address is: Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Diversity meets decomposition
Mark O. Gessner,Mark O. Gessner,Christopher M. Swan,Christian K. Dang,Christian K. Dang,Brendan G. McKie,Richard D. Bardgett,Diana H. Wall,Stephan Hättenschwiler +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that changes in species diversity within and across trophic levels can significantly alter decomposition and this happens through various mechanisms that are broadly similar in forest floors and streams.
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Contribution of stream detrivores, fungi, and bacteria to leaf breakdown based on biomass estimates
Mäggi Hieber,Mark O. Gessner +1 more
TL;DR: The contributions of bacteria, fungi, and detritivorous invertebrates (shredders) to leaf litter breakdown, a key ecosystem-level process, is assessed.