Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics

Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics

The amount and frequency of rainfall structures aquatic food webs. Here the authors show that in tropical tank bromeliads, lower trophic levels are more abundant in stable rainfall conditions, while biomass pyramids are inverted in conditions with periodic droughts.

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Main Authors: Gustavo Q. Romero, Nicholas A. C. Marino, A. Andrew M. MacDonald, Régis Céréghino, M. Kurtis Trzcinski, Dimaris Acosta Mercado, Céline Leroy, Bruno Corbara, Vinicius F. Farjalla, Ignacio M. Barberis, Olivier Dézerald, Edd Hammill, Trisha B. Atwood, Gustavo C. O. Piccoli, Fabiola Ospina Bautista, Jean-François Carrias, Juliana S. Leal, Guillermo Montero, Pablo A. P. Antiqueira, Rodrigo Freire, Emilio Realpe, Sarah L. Amundrud, Paula M. de Omena, Alice B. A. Campos, Pavel Kratina, Eoin J. O’Gorman, Diane S. Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17036-4

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17036-4

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