CBMA

Effect of temperature and nutrients on leaf-litter decomposition in streams

Starting 2012: Biodiversity and functioning of detritus foodwebs in freshwaters - FreshBioFun (PTDC/AAC-AMB/117068/2010) - team member

Starting 2012: Impactos ao nível do ecossistema de uma espécie invasora - ECO-IAS (PTDC/AAC-AMB/116685/2010) - team member

2011-2014: Development of molecular tools for assessing fungal diversity and activity in freshwaters - FunDiver (PTDC/AAC-AMB/113746/2009) - team member

Oral communications

Pereira A., Geraldes P., Lima-Fernandes E., Fernandes I., Cássio F., Pascoal C. Structural and functional measures of invertebrate and fungal communities as predictors of eutrophication. XVIth Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology, Guimarães, Portugal, July 2012.

Fernandes I., Pascoal C., Sousa I., Seena S., Cássio F. Plant-litter decomposition by microbes increases with temperature and nutrient load in streams. XVIth Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology, Guimarães, Portugal, July 2012.

Lima-Fernandes E., Fernandes I., Pereira A., Geraldes P., Cássio F., Pascoal C. Effects of riparian plant diversity on leaf-litter decomposition along an eutrophication gradient. XVIth Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology, Guimarães, Portugal, July 2012.

Fernandes I., Duarte S., Pascoal C., Cássio F. Long-term effects of riparian vegetation diversity on stream-dwelling microbes and litter decomposition. 7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, Girona, Spain, June 2011.

Lima-Fernandes E, Fernandes I., Pereira A., Geraldes P., Pascoal C., Cássio F. Eutrophication alters non-additive effects of plant-litter diversity in streams. 7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, Girona, Spain, June 2011.

Fernandes I., Seena S., Pascoal C., Cássio F. Predicted climate change and nutrient runoff may alter microbial community structure and accelerate leaf decomposition in streams. XV Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, July 2010.

Guimarães H., Pinto R., Fernandes I., Pascoal C., Cássio F. Effects of riparian vegetation diversity on leaf litter decomposition by aquatic microbes in a warming scenario. XV Congress of the Iberian Association of Limnology, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, July 2010.

Fernandes I., Pascoal C., Cássio F. Effects of fungal diversity on leaf litter decomposition under cadmium stress: species number and traits. SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting. Göteborg, Sweden, May 2009.

Fernandes I., Uzun B., Pascoal C., Cássio F. Effects of extreme temperature events on leaf-litter decomposition by aquatic fungi. 5th International Meeting on Plant Litter Processing in Freshwaters. Coimbra, Portugal, July 2008.

Poster communications

Fernandes I., Duarte S., Pascoal C., Cássio F. Long-term effects of riparian-plant diversity loss on a stream invertebrate shredder. XVIth Congress of the Iberian Society of Limnology, Guimarães, Portugal, July 2012.

Duarte S., Fernandes I., Nogueira M.J., Pinheiro A., Cássio F., Pascoal C. Temperature changes interspecific relationships among aquatic hyphomycetes. 7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, Girona, Spain, June 2011.

Pereira A., Geraldes P., Lima-Fernandes E., Fernandes I., Cássio F., Pascoal C. Effects of nutrient enrichment and riparian vegetation on litter decomposition in streams. 7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, Girona, Spain, June 2011.

Fernandes I., Seena S., Pascoal C., Cássio F. Responses of aquatic microbial decomposers to inorganic nutrients in a warming scenario. III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009). Lisboa, Portugal, December 2009.

Fernandes I., Duarte S., Cássio F., Pascoal C. Mixtures of zinc and phosphate affect leaf litter decomposition by aquatic fungi. SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting. Porto, Portugal, May 2007.