Florian Altermatt
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Florian Altermatt
@florianaltermatt.bsky.social
Full Professor of Aquatic Ecology University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social | Kuratorium Forum Biodiversity | Founding Director https://biodiversitaet.uzh.ch/en.html | all & beyond #biodiversity, #eDNA & #AquaticEcology | Like=interesting
www.altermattlab.ch
Dear Julie
apologies... to quick in copy-paste... hope it works now, otherwise DM!

thx for your interest
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Shifting leaf fall duration and order of arrival thus has the potential to impact carbon cycling, even when the combined resource quantity remains constant.

by #LukeIreland @tiannapeller.bsky.social & myself #UZH @eawag.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
➡️ Exposure duration and arrival order of leaf species strongly influenced combined leaf litter consumption. Earlier arrival of high-quality leaves enhanced feeding on low-quality leaves.
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
↔️ These subsidies are highly seasonally structured, yet their phenologies ⏰ are shifting with climate change 📈 .

We experimentally demonstrated how order of arrival and exposition duration of different leaf species 🍂 🍃 affect decomposition by amphipods 🦐 as a key aquatic ecosystem function.
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
indeed magic! its one of these enigmatic ecosystems/species that you here in lectures & books, would feel exactly the same!
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
5/6 Species richness, functional, and genetic sequence diversity exhibited stronger negative responses to human activities in larger catchments. In contrast, phylogenetic diversity showed the strongest negative effects in smaller catchments.
Full story: 🗞️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
4/6 ➡️ 2nd #paper quantified #species #richness, functional #redundancy, #phylogenetic #diversity, and genetic sequence diversity, and related them to drainage characteristics and human activities📉 .
September 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM