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Overview

Eric Chauvet is affiliated with Paul Sabatier University in France, focusing research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to freshwater ecosystems, with particular emphasis on freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, fish ecology and management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and animal ecology and behavior studies.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Eric Chauvet, notable papers include:

  • 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
  • Variable temperature effects between heterotrophic stream processes and organisms, 2020, Freshwater Biology
  • Temperature and nutrient effects on the relative importance of brown and green pathways for stream ecosystem functioning: A mesocosm approach, 2020, Freshwater Biology
  • Human activities shape global patterns of decomposition rates in rivers, 2024, Science

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric Chauvet include Luz Boyero, Ricardo Albariño, Leon A. Barmuta, Francis J. Burdon, and Marcos Callisto. This network reflects a focused engagement with other researchers in related ecological and environmental sciences.

Publication venues for Eric Chauvet's work are varied but frequently include Freshwater Biology, where three papers have appeared. Other significant outlets for research dissemination are Nature Communications, Science Advances, Science, and Ecological Indicators.

Best Publications

  • Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

    I. Tanya Handa;Rien Aerts;Frank Berendse;Matty P. Berg

  • A perspective on leaf litter breakdown in streams

    Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet;Mike Dobson

  • IMPORTANCE OF STREAM MICROFUNGI IN CONTROLLING BREAKDOWN RATES OF LEAF LITTER

    Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet

  • Continental-scale effects of nutrient pollution on stream ecosystem functioning.

    Guy Woodward;Guy Woodward;Mark O Gessner;Paul S Giller;Vladislav Gulis

  • A CASE FOR USING LITTER BREAKDOWN TO ASSESS FUNCTIONAL STREAM INTEGRITY

    Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet

  • Ergosterol-to-Biomass Conversion Factors for Aquatic Hyphomycetes

    Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet

  • Regulation of Leaf Breakdown by Fungi in Streams: Influences of Water Chemistry

    Keller Suberkropp;Eric Chauvet

  • The Role of Biodiversity in the Functioning of Freshwater and Marine Benthic Ecosystems

    Alan P. Covich;Melanie C. Austen;Felix Bärlocher;Eric Chauvet

  • 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

  • Bacteria, fungi and the breakdown of leaf litter in a large river

    Virginie Baldy;Mark O. Gessner;Eric Chauvet

  • Impacts of stream acidification on litter breakdown: implications for assessing ecosystem functioning

    Olivier Dangles;Olivier Dangles;Mark O. Gessner;François Guerold;Eric Chauvet

  • Breakdown of leaf litter in a neotropical stream

    Catherine Mathuriau;Eric Chauvet

  • Synergistic effects of water temperature and dissolved nutrients on litter decomposition and associated fungi

    Verónica Ferreira;Eric Chauvet;Eric Chauvet

  • Intraspecific variability in leaf traits strongly affects alder leaf decomposition in a stream

    Antoine Lecerf;Eric Chauvet

  • A meta-analysis of the effects of nutrient enrichment on litter decomposition in streams

    Verónica Ferreira;Bastien Castagneyrol;Bastien Castagneyrol;Julia Koricheva;Vladislav Gulis

  • Magnitude and variability of process rates in fungal diversity-litter decomposition relationships

    Christian K. Dang;Christian K. Dang;Eric Chauvet;Mark O. Gessner

  • 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

  • Benthic algae stimulate leaf litter decomposition in detritus‐based headwater streams: a case of aquatic priming effect?

    Michael Danger;Julien Cornut;Julien Cornut;Eric Chauvet;Eric Chauvet;Paola Chavez

  • Riparian plant species loss alters trophic dynamics in detritus-based stream ecosystems

    Antoine Lecerf;Michael Dobson;Christian K. Dang;Eric Chauvet

  • DECOMPOSITION OF DIVERSE LITTER MIXTURES IN STREAMS

    Antoine Lecerf;Geta Risnoveanu;Cristina Popescu;Mark O. Gessner

  • Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Verónica Ferreira
Verónica Ferreira University of Coimbra
Brendan G. McKie
Brendan G. McKie Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Manuel A. S. Graça
Manuel A. S. Graça University of Coimbra
Michael Danger
Michael Danger University of Lorraine
Luz Boyero
Luz Boyero University of the Basque Country
Andrea C. Encalada
Andrea C. Encalada Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Catherine M. Yule
Catherine M. Yule University of the Sunshine Coast
Pierre Marmonier
Pierre Marmonier Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Marcos Callisto
Marcos Callisto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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