Jude M. Mathooko
Egerton University
66 Papers
403 Citations
Jude M. Mathooko is an academic researcher from Egerton University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Riparian zone & Plant litter. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 66 publications. Previous affiliations of Jude M. Mathooko include University of Nairobi & Yahoo!.
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Papers
Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude
Luz Boyero,Manuel A. S. Graça,Alan M. Tonin,Javier Pérez,Andrew J. M. Swafford,Verónica Ferreira,Andrea Landeira-Dabarca,Andrea Landeira-Dabarca,Markos A. Alexandrou,Mark O. Gessner,Mark O. Gessner,Brendan G. McKie,Ricardo J. Albariño,Leon A. Barmuta,Marcos Callisto,Julián Chará,Eric Chauvet,Checo Colón-Gaud,David Dudgeon,Andrea C. Encalada,Andrea C. Encalada,Ricardo Figueroa,Alexander S. Flecker,Tadeusz Fleituch,André Frainer,André Frainer,José F. Gonçalves,Julie E. Helson,Tomoya Iwata,Jude M. Mathooko,Charles M'Erimba,Catherine M. Pringle,Alonso Ramírez,Christopher M. Swan,Catherine M. Yule,Richard G. Pearson +35 more
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that litter quality would increase with latitude (despite variation within regions) and traits would be correlated to produce ‘syndromes’ resulting from phylogeny and environmental variation, and it is found lower litter quality and higher nitrogen:phosphorus ratios in the tropics.
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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,Verónica Ferreira,Manuel A. S. Graça,David Dudgeon,Andrew J. Boulton,Marcos Callisto,Eric Chauvet,Eric Chauvet,Julie E. Helson,Andreas Bruder,Andreas Bruder,Ricardo J. Albariño,Catherine M. Yule,Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam,Judy N. Davies,Ricardo Figueroa,Alexander S. Flecker,Alonso Ramírez,Russell G. Death,Tomoya Iwata,Jude M. Mathooko,Catherine Mathuriau,José F. Gonçalves,Marcelo S. Moretti,Tajang Jinggut,Sylvain Lamothe,Sylvain Lamothe,Charles M'Erimba,Lavenia Ratnarajah,Markus Schindler,José Castela,Leonardo Buria,Aydeé Cornejo,Aydeé Cornejo,Verónica Díaz Villanueva,Derek C. West +39 more
TL;DR: It is found that climate warming will likely hasten microbial litter decomposition and produce an equivalent decline in detritivore-mediated decomposition rates, which implies consequences for global biogeochemistry and a possible positive climate feedback.
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,Javier Pérez,Markos A. Alexandrou,Manuel A. S. Graça,Bradley J. Cardinale,Ricardo J. Albariño,Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam,Leon A. Barmuta,Andrew J. Boulton,Andreas Bruder,Marcos Callisto,Eric Chauvet,Russell G. Death,David Dudgeon,Andrea C. Encalada,Andrea C. Encalada,Verónica Ferreira,Ricardo Figueroa,Alexander S. Flecker,José F. Gonçalves,Julie E. Helson,Tomoya Iwata,Tajang Jinggut,Jude M. Mathooko,Catherine Mathuriau,Charles M'Erimba,Marcelo S. Moretti,Catherine M. Pringle,Alonso Ramírez,Lavenia Ratnarajah,José Rincón,Catherine M. Yule +36 more
TL;DR: A global-scale study of litter breakdown in streams to compare the roles of biotic, climatic and other environmental factors on breakdown rates revealed that breakdown of alder was driven by climate, with some influence of pH, whereas variation in breakdown of litter mixtures was explained mainly by litter quality and PD.
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Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates
Luz Boyero,Richard G. Pearson,David Dudgeon,Verónica Ferreira,Manuel A. S. Graça,Mark O. Gessner,Andrew J. Boulton,Eric Chauvet,Eric Chauvet,Catherine M. Yule,Ricardo J. Albariño,Alonso Ramírez,Julie E. Helson,Marcos Callisto,Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam,Julián Chará,Ricardo Figueroa,Jude M. Mathooko,José F. Gonçalves,Marcelo S. Moretti,Ana M. Chará-Serna,Judy N. Davies,Andrea C. Encalada,Sylvain Lamothe,Sylvain Lamothe,Leonardo Buria,José Castela,Aydeé Cornejo,Aggie O. Y. Li,Charles M'Erimba,Verónica Díaz Villanueva,María del Carmen Zúñiga,Christopher M. Swan,Leon A. Barmuta +33 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used linear regression to examine the latitudinal variation in shredder diversity at different spatial scales: alpha (a), gamma (g) and beta (b) diversity.
Leaf-litter breakdown in tropical streams: is variability the norm?
Luz Boyero,Richard G. Pearson,Mark O. Gessner,David Dudgeon,Alonso Ramírez,Catherine M. Yule,Marcos Callisto,Catherine M. Pringle,Andrea C. Encalada,Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam,Jude M. Mathooko,Julie E. Helson,José Rincón,Andreas Bruder,Aydeé Cornejo,Alexander S. Flecker,Catherine Mathuriau,Charles M'Erimba,José F. Gonçalves,Marcelo S. Moretti,Tajang Jinggut +20 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used data obtained with standardized methods from multiple streams in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Australia to test the hypothesis that this variability would lead to differences in the relative role of detritivores and microorganisms in the breakdown process.