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40
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6531
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6100
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197

Overview

Luz Boyero is affiliated with the University of the Basque Country in Spain and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on various ecological and environmental subfields. Their research addresses topics relevant to freshwater ecosystems, biodiversity, and environmental impacts on aquatic habitats.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology. Boyero's research interests concentrate on:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics
  • Aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Species distribution and climate change

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • "Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "Microplastic concentration, distribution and dynamics along one of the largest Mediterranean-climate rivers: A whole watershed approach." (2022), published in Environmental Research
  • "Microplastics increase susceptibility of amphibian larvae to the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Agriculture impairs stream ecosystem functioning in a tropical catchment" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Luz Boyero often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including Javier Pérez, Naiara López-Rojo, Alberto Alonso, Aydeé Cornejo, and Alan M. Tonin. These collaborations suggest interdisciplinary and team-oriented approaches in their research projects.

The researcher's publications appear in multiple venues, with the most frequent being Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Scientific Reports, Ecological Indicators, Ecosystems, and Hydrobiologia.

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

  • Food webs in tropical Australian streams: shredders are not scarce

    Kim Cheshire;Luz Boyero;Richard G. Pearson

  • 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

  • A conceptual model of litter breakdown in low order streams

    Manual A.S. Graça;Verónica Ferreira;Christina Canhoto;Andrea C. Encalada;Andrea C. Encalada

  • Are Tropical Streams Ecologically Different from Temperate Streams

    Andrew J. Boulton;Luz Boyero;Alan P. Covich;Michael Dobson

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

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

  • Are tropical streams really different

    Luz Boyero;Luz Boyero;Alonso Ramírez;David Dudgeon;Richard G. Pearson

  • 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

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

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

  • River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors

    Daniel von Schiller;Vicenç Acuña;Ibon Aristi;Maite Arroita

  • Plant litter dynamics in the forest-stream interface: precipitation is a major control across tropical biomes

    Alan M. Tonin;Alan M. Tonin;José F. Gonçalves;Paulino Bambi;Sheyla R. M. Couceiro

  • Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude

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

  • Organization of macroinvertebrate communities at a hierarchy of spatial scales in a tropical stream

    Luz Boyero;Robert C. Bailey

  • Microplastics impair amphibian survival, body condition and function.

    Luz Boyero;Luz Boyero;Naiara López-Rojo;Jaime Bosch;Alberto Alonso

  • Diets of leaf litter-associated invertebrates in three tropical streams

    Ana M. Chará-Serna;Julián D. Chará;María del Carmen Zúñiga;Richard G. Pearson

  • Multiscale patterns of spatial variation in stream macroinvertebrate communities

    Luz Boyero

  • Gradients in regional diversity of freshwater taxa

    Richard G. Pearson;Luz Boyero

  • Unravelling the global invasion routes of a worldwide invader, the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

    Francisco J. Oficialdegui;Miguel Clavero;Marta I. Sánchez;Marta I. Sánchez;Andy J. Green

  • Microplastics have lethal and sublethal effects on stream invertebrates and affect stream ecosystem functioning.

    Naiara López-Rojo;Javier Pérez;Alberto Alonso;Francisco Correa-Araneda

  • Effects of Introduced Salmonids on a Montane Population of Iberian Frogs

    Jaime Bosch;Pedro A. Rincón;Luz Boyero;Iñigo Martínez-Solano

  • The quantification of local substrate heterogeneity in streams and its significance for macroinvertebrate assemblages

    Luz Boyero

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Pearson
Richard G. Pearson James Cook University
Jaime Bosch
Jaime Bosch University of Bern
Manuel A. S. Graça
Manuel A. S. Graça University of Coimbra
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Andrea C. Encalada
Andrea C. Encalada Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Catherine M. Yule
Catherine M. Yule University of the Sunshine Coast
José F. Gonçalves
José F. Gonçalves University of Brasília
Eric Chauvet
Eric Chauvet Paul Sabatier University
Verónica Ferreira
Verónica Ferreira University of Coimbra
Marcos Callisto
Marcos Callisto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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