The lowland stream monitoring dataset (KgM, Kleingewässer-Monitoring) 2018, 2019

Liess, Matthias; Liebmann, Liana; Vormeier, Philipp; Weisner, Oliver; Altenburger, Rolf; Borchardt, Dietrich; Brack, Werner; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Escher, Beate I.; Foit, Kaarina; Gunold, Roman; Henz, Sebastian; Hitzfeld, Kristina L; Schmitt-Jansen, Mechthild; Kamjunke, Norbert; Kaske, Oliver; Knillmann, Saskia; Krauß, Martin; Küster, Eberhard; Link, Moritz; Lück, Maren; Möder, Monika; Müller, Alexandra; Paschke, Albrecht; Schäfer, Ralf B.; Schneeweiss, Anke; Schreiner, Verena C.; Schulze, Tobias; Schüürmann, Gerrit; Tümpling, Wolf von; Weitere, Markus; Wogram, Jörn; Reemtsma, Thorsten

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“…We provide raw data on decomposition, processed environmental variables, and the computer code under https://github.com/VCSchr/ Standard_vs_Natural. The raw data of the environmental variables are provided by Liess et al (2021b) at https://doi.org/10. 1594/PANGAEA.931673.…”

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Standard Versus Natural: Assessing the Impact of Environmental Variables on Organic Matter Decomposition in Streams Using Three Substrates

Schreiner

Liebmann

Feckler

et al. 2023

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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The decomposition of allochthonous organic matter, such as leaves, is a crucial ecosystem process in low‐order streams. Microbial communities, including fungi and bacteria, colonize allochthonous organic material, break up large molecules, and increase the nutritional value for macroinvertebrates. Environmental variables are known to affect microbial as well as macroinvertebrate communities and alter their ability to decompose organic matter. Studying the relationship between environmental variables and decomposition has mainly been realized using leaves, with the drawbacks of differing substrate composition and consequently between‐study variability. To overcome these drawbacks, artificial substrates have been developed, serving as standardizable surrogates. In the present study, we compared microbial and total decomposition of leaves with the standardized substrates of decotabs and, only for microbial decomposition, of cotton strips, across 70 stream sites in a Germany‐wide study. Furthermore, we identified the most influential environmental variables for the decomposition of each substrate from a range of 26 variables, including pesticide toxicity, concentrations of nutrients, and trace elements, using stability selection. The microbial as well as total decomposition of the standardized substrates (i.e., cotton strips and decotabs) were weak or not associated with that of the natural substrate (i.e., leaves, r² < 0.01 to r² = 0.04). The decomposition of the two standardized substrates, however, showed a moderate association (r² = 0.21), which is probably driven by their similar composition, with both being made of cellulose. Different environmental variables were identified as the most influential for each of the substrates and the directions of these relationships contrasted between the substrates. Our results imply that these standardized substrates are unsuitable surrogates when investigating the decomposition of allochthonous organic matter in streams. Environ Toxicol Chem 2023;00:1–12. © 2023 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC.

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