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Skin sebaceous glands (SGs) synthesize and secrete sebum, a mixture of lipids and cellular debris that defends the external body surface against physicochemical challenges. Recent data define the SG as a dynamic entity with potential functions beyond skin protection, including immunomodulatory actions and the regulation of energy metabolism. We postulate that the SG also has important, unrecognized roles in physiological and p...
Whole-stream wastewater addition stimulates the green food web pathway but does not affect food chain lengthNARA Subscribed
Most rivers in developed regions receive tertiary-treated effluents from wastewater treatment plants that still contain a complex mixture of pollutants, but their combined effects on food webs are poorly understood. We had the unique opportunity to divert treated effluent into a previously pristine stream and conduct a before-after/control-impact/paired experiment to quantify effluent effects on green and brown food web pathwa...
Unraveling the effects of wet and dry areas on carbon emissions in an intermittent Mediterranean streamNARA Subscribed
Stream hydrological regimes are increasingly altered by water extraction, land‐use change, and climate change, leading to prolonged streambed desiccation in many regions. These alterations significantly impact biogeochemical processes within stream networks. To date, most research on the carbon (C) cycle in aquatic systems has focused on inundated areas, thereby neglecting the potential role of dry streambeds in biogeochemical...
Long‐Term and Regional‐Scale Data Reveal Divergent Trends of Different Climate Variables on Fish Body Size Over 75 YearsNARA Subscribed
Across many ecto‐ and endothermic organisms, climate change has induced a general shift towards smaller body sizes. Several existing hypotheses (e.g., Temperature Size Rule—TSR, metabolic theory) contribute to our understanding of climate‐driven changes in body size. However, empirical support for climate‐induced reductions in body size is mixed with some species growing larger under warmer temperatures, and underlying mechani...
Sharks are among the most threatened groups of exploited fishes, comprising common bycatch across many fisheries. Management efforts intended to safeguard threatened species have increasingly focused on retention bans to reduce bycatch mortality. However, the population effects of such measures remain unevaluated across species. We combined available data from 160 studies providing estimates of at‐vessel or post‐release mortal...
Predicting the ocean state in a reliable and interoperable way, while ensuring high-quality products, requires forecasting systems that synergistically combine science-based methodologies with advanced technologies for timely, user-oriented solutions. Achieving this objective necessitates the adoption of best practices when implementing ocean forecasting services, resulting in the proper design of system components and the cap...
Current State of EEG/ERP Microstate ResearchNARA Subscribed
The analysis of EEG microstates for investigating rapid whole-brain network dynamics during rest and tasks has become a standard practice in the EEG research community, leading to a substantial increase in publications across various affective, cognitive, social and clinical neuroscience domains. Recognizing the growing significance of this analytical method, the authors aim to provide the microstate research community with a...
EEG-Meta-Microstates: Towards a More Objective Use of Resting-State EEG Microstate Findings Across StudiesNARA Subscribed
Over the last decade, EEG resting-state microstate analysis has evolved from a niche existence to a widely used and well-accepted methodology. The rapidly increasing body of empirical findings started to yield overarching patterns of associations of biological and psychological states and traits with specific microstate classes. However, currently, this cross-referencing among apparently similar microstate classes of different...
Cessation of cattle grazing has resulted in the reestablishment of wetlands in some streams of the U.S. Southwest. Decades of cattle grazing prevented vascular plant growth in Sycamore Creek (Arizona, U.S.A.), resulting in stream reaches dominated by diatoms and filamentous green algae. Establishment of vascular plants can profoundly modify ecosystem processes; yet, the effects on nitrogen (N) cycling remain unexplored. We exa...
Water diversion and pollution interactively shape freshwater food webs through bottom‐up mechanismsNARA Subscribed
Water diversion and pollution are two pervasive stressors in river ecosystems that often co‐occur. Individual effects of both stressors on basal resources available to stream communities have been described, with diversion reducing detritus standing stocks and pollution increasing biomass of primary producers. However, interactive effects of both stressors on the structure and trophic basis of food webs remain unknown. We hypo...
The relevance of environment vs. composition on dissolved organic matter degradation in freshwatersNARA Subscribed
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition exerts a direct control on its degradation and subsequent persistence in aquatic ecosystems. Yet, under certain conditions, the degradation patterns of DOM cannot be solely explained by its composition, highlighting the relevance of environmental conditions for DOM degradation. Here, we experimentally assessed the relative influence of composition vs. environment on DOM degradation by...
Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matterNARA Subscribed
Climate change and human pressures are changing the global distribution and the extent of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which comprise half of the global river network area. IRES are characterized by periods of flow cessation, during which channel substrates accumulate and undergo physico‐chemical changes (preconditioning), and periods of flow resumption, when these substrates are rewetted and release pulse...
Studies of trophic‐level material and energy transfers are central to ecology. The use of isotopic tracers has now made it possible to measure trophic transfer efficiencies of important nutrients and to better understand how these materials move through food webs. We analyzed data from thirteen 15 N‐ammonium tracer addition experiments to quantify N transfer from basal resources to animals in headwater streams with varying phy...
Understanding pathways of dissimilatory and assimilatory dissolved inorganic nitrogen uptake in streamsNARA Subscribed
Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) in streams is mostly available as two different species: nitrate ( ) and ammonium ( ). These two DIN species undergo specific dissimilatory uptake pathways and show distinct preference during biological assimilation. These differences ultimately dictate how DIN is cycled within streams and its further export to downstream ecosystems. Here, we provide a synthesis analysis of the uptake of and...