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      Agricultural impacts on lowland tropical streams detected through leaf litter decomposition (2024) 

      Pérez, Javier; Boyero, Luz; Raquel Tuñón, Ana; Checa, Brenda; Correa-Araneda, Francisco; Guerra, Alisson; Tuñón, Anyi; Castillo, Dania; Pérez, Edgar; García, Gabriela; ... (Elsevier B.V., 2023)
      Stream ecosystems are highly vulnerable to changes in land use and vegetation in their catchments for two reasons: firstly, they receive inputs of nutrients, contaminants and sediments through runoff; and secondly, terrestrial ...
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      High sensitivity of invertebrate detritivores from tropical streams to different pesticides (2021) 

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      Freshwater organisms are often sensitive to pesticides, but their sensitivity varies across different taxa and with pesticide type and action mode, as shown by multiple acute toxicity tests. Such variability hampers ...
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      Warming overrides eutrophication effects on leaf litter decomposition in stream microcosms (2024) 

      Pérez, Javier; Cornejo, Aydeé; Alonso, Alberto; Guerra, Alisson; García, Gabriela; Nieto, Carlos; Correa-Araneda, Francisco; Rojo, Diana; Boyero, Luz (Elsevier Ltd, 2023)
      Several human activities often result in increased nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs to running waters through runoff. Although headwater streams are less frequently affected by these inputs than downstream reaches, ...