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Overview

Catherine M. Yule is affiliated with the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on ecology, molecular biology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and environmental chemistry.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Among the recent papers co-authored by Catherine M. Yule are:

  • Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition, 2021, Science Advances
  • Putative roles of bacteria in the carbon and nitrogen cycles in a tropical peat swamp forest, 2020, Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Global Patterns and Controls of Nutrient Immobilization on Decomposing Cellulose in Riverine Ecosystems, 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • A Performance Evaluation of Vis/NIR Hyperspectral Imaging to Predict Curcumin Concentration in Fresh Turmeric Rhizomes, 2021, Remote Sensing

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with them include:

  • Luz Boyero
  • Ricardo Albariño
  • Francis J. Burdon
  • Marcos Callisto
  • Michael M. Douglas

Catherine M. Yule's work has been published in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Basic and Applied Ecology
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Freshwater invertebrates of the Malaysian region

    H.S. Yong;C.M. Yule

  • Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Indo-Malayan peat swamp forests

    Catherine Mary Yule

  • Freshwater biomonitoring with macroinvertebrates in East Asia

    John C. Morse;Yeon J. Bae;Gotov Munkhjargal;Narumon Sangpradub

  • Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns.

    Luz Boyero;Luz Boyero;Richard G. Pearson;David Dudgeon;Manuel A. S. Graça

  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • Organic Matter Processing in Tropical Streams

    Karl M. Wantzen;Catherine M. Yule;Jude M. Mathooko;Catherine M. Pringle

  • Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study.

    Luz Boyero;Richard G. Pearson;Cang Hui;Cang Hui;Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner

  • Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates

    Luz Boyero;Richard G. Pearson;David Dudgeon;Verónica Ferreira

  • Leaf litter decomposition in a tropical peat swamp forest in Peninsular Malaysia

    Catherine Mary Yule;Lalita Nisha Gomez

  • Shredders in Malaysia: abundance and richness are higher in cool upland tropical streams

    Catherine M. Yule;Mun Yi Leong;Kong Cheng Liew;Lavenia Ratnarajah

  • Keep wetlands wet: the myth of sustainable development of tropical peatlands - implications for policies and management

    Stephanie Evers;Stephanie Evers;Catherine M. Yule;Rory Padfield;Rory Padfield;Patrick O'Reilly

  • Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Lahiru S. Wijedasa;Jyrki Jauhiainen;Mari Könönen;Maija Lampela

  • Structural and functional changes with depth in microbial communities in a tropical Malaysian peat swamp forest

    Colin Jackson;Kong Cheng Liew;Catherine Mary Yule

  • Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude

    Luz Boyero;Manuel A. S. Graca;Alan M. Tonin;Javier Perez

  • Trophic relationships and food webs of the benthic invertebrate fauna of two aseasonal tropical streams on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea

    Catherine Mary Yule

  • Leaf-litter breakdown in tropical streams: is variability the norm?

    Luz Boyero;Richard G Pearson;Mark O Gessner;David Dudgeon

  • Effects of sediment pollution on food webs in a tropical river (Borneo, Indonesia)

    Catherine M. Yule;Luz Boyero;Luz Boyero;Richard Marchant

  • Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient

    Sahadevan Seena;Sahadevan Seena;Felix Bärlocher;Olímpia Sobral;Mark O. Gessner

  • Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics.

    Luz Boyero;Luz Boyero;Naiara López-Rojo;Alan M Tonin;Javier Pérez

  • Riparian Wetlands of Tropical Streams

    Karl M. Wantzen;Catherine M. Yule;Klement Tockner;Wolfgang J. Junk

  • Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Lahiru S. Wijedasa;Jyrki Jauhiainen;Mari Könönen;Maija Lampela

Frequent Co-Authors

Luz Boyero
Luz Boyero University of the Basque Country
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Andrea C. Encalada
Andrea C. Encalada Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Eric Chauvet
Eric Chauvet Paul Sabatier University
Richard G. Pearson
Richard G. Pearson James Cook University
Marcos Callisto
Marcos Callisto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Manuel A. S. Graça
Manuel A. S. Graça University of Coimbra
José F. Gonçalves
José F. Gonçalves University of Brasília
Verónica Ferreira
Verónica Ferreira University of Coimbra
Alonso Ramírez
Alonso Ramírez North Carolina State University

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