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Shumilova O, Zak D, Datry T, von Schiller D, Corti R, Foulquier A, Obrador B, Tockner K, Allan DC, Altermatt F, Arce MI, Arnon S, Banas D, Banegas‐Medina A, Beller E, Blanchette ML, Blanco‐Libreros JF, Blessing J, Boëchat IG, Boersma K, Bogan MT, Bonada N, Bond NR, Brintrup K, Bruder A, Burrows R, Cancellario T, Carlson SM, Cauvy‐Fraunié S, Cid N, Danger M, de Freitas Terra B, Girolamo AMD, del Campo R, Dyer F, Elosegi A, Faye E, Febria C, Figueroa R, Four B, Gessner MO, Gnohossou P, Cerezo RG, Gomez‐Gener L, Graça MA, Guareschi S, Gücker B, Hwan JL, Kubheka S, Langhans SD, Leigh C, Little CJ, Lorenz S, Marshall J, McIntosh A, Mendoza‐Lera C, Meyer EI, Miliša M, Mlambo MC, Moleón M, Negus P, Niyogi D, Papatheodoulou A, Pardo I, Paril P, Pešić V, Rodriguez‐Lozano P, Rolls RJ, Sanchez‐Montoya MM, Savić A, Steward A, Stubbington R, Taleb A, Vorste RV, Waltham N, Zoppini A, Zarfl C. Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Glob Chang Biol 2019; 25:1591-1611. [PMID: 30628191 PMCID: PMC6850495 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
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 pulses of dissolved nutrients and organic matter (OM). However, there are no estimates of the amounts and quality of leached substances, nor is there information on the underlying environmental constraints operating at the global scale. We experimentally simulated, under standard laboratory conditions, rewetting of leaves, riverbed sediments, and epilithic biofilms collected during the dry phase across 205 IRES from five major climate zones. We determined the amounts and qualitative characteristics of the leached nutrients and OM, and estimated their areal fluxes from riverbeds. In addition, we evaluated the variance in leachate characteristics in relation to selected environmental variables and substrate characteristics. We found that sediments, due to their large quantities within riverbeds, contribute most to the overall flux of dissolved substances during rewetting events (56%-98%), and that flux rates distinctly differ among climate zones. Dissolved organic carbon, phenolics, and nitrate contributed most to the areal fluxes. The largest amounts of leached substances were found in the continental climate zone, coinciding with the lowest potential bioavailability of the leached OM. The opposite pattern was found in the arid zone. Environmental variables expected to be modified under climate change (i.e. potential evapotranspiration, aridity, dry period duration, land use) were correlated with the amount of leached substances, with the strongest relationship found for sediments. These results show that the role of IRES should be accounted for in global biogeochemical cycles, especially because prevalence of IRES will increase due to increasing severity of drying events.
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Affiliation(s)
- Oleksandra Shumilova
- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Institute of BiologyFreie Universität Berlin (FU)BerlinGermany
- Department of CivilEnvironmental and Mechanical EngineeringTrento UniversityTrentoItaly
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- Institute of BiologyFreie Universität Berlin (FU)BerlinGermany
- Institute of Landscape Ecology and Site EvaluationUniversity of RostockRostockGermany
- Department of BioscienceAarhus UniversitySilkeborgDenmark
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- IRSTEAUR RIVERLYCentre de Lyon‐VilleurbanneVilleurbanne CedexFrance
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- Department of Plant Biology and EcologyFaculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)BilbaoSpain
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- IRSTEAUR RIVERLYCentre de Lyon‐VilleurbanneVilleurbanne CedexFrance
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- Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine (LECA)UMR CNRS‐UGA‐USMB 5553Université Grenoble AlpesGrenobleFrance
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental SciencesFaculty of BiologyBiodiversity Research Institute (IRBIO)University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Institute of BiologyFreie Universität Berlin (FU)BerlinGermany
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)ViennaAustria
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Centre of Edaphology and Applied Biology of Segura (CEBAS‐CSIC)MurciaSpain
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- Zuckerberg Institute for Water ResearchThe Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert ResearchBen‐Gurion University of the NegevBeershebaIsrael
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- Université de Lorraine ‐ UR AFPAVandoeuvre‐Les‐NancyFrance
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and EULA‐Chile CenterUniversidad de ConcepciónConcepciónChile
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- Mine Water and Environment Research Centre (MiWER)School of ScienceEdith Cowan UniversityPerthAustralia
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- Department of Environment and ScienceQueensland GovernmentBrisbaneQldAustralia
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of San DiegoSan DiegoCalifornia
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- School of Natural Resources and the EnvironmentUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizona
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- Grup de Recerca Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM)Departament de Biologia EvolutivaEcologia i Ciències AmbientalsInstitut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio)Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Freshwater EcosystemsLa Trobe UniversityWodongaVic.Australia
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and EULA‐Chile CenterUniversidad de ConcepciónConcepciónChile
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- Laboratory of Applied MicrobiologyUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandBellinzonaSwitzerland
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- Australian Rivers InstituteGriffith UniversityNathanQldAustralia
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- Department of Environmental BiologyBiodiversity Data Analytics and Environmental Quality GroupUniversity of NavarraPamplonaSpain
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- Grup de Recerca Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM)Departament de Biologia EvolutivaEcologia i Ciències AmbientalsInstitut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio)Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Water Research Institute – National Research Council (IRSA‐CNR)Montelibretti (Rome)Italy
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Department of Ecology and HydrologyRegional Campus of International Excellence ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’ – University of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Institute for Applied EcologyUniversity of CanberraBruceCanberra ACTAustralia
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- Department of Plant Biology and EcologyFaculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)BilbaoSpain
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- Centre International de Recherche en Agronomie pour le DéveloppementCIRADUPR HortSysMontpellierFrance
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of WindsorWindsorCanada
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and EULA‐Chile CenterUniversidad de ConcepciónConcepciónChile
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- INRAUAR 1275 DEPT EFPACentre de recherche de NancyChampenouxFrance
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Department of EcologyBerlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin)BerlinGermany
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- Faculté d'AgronomieDépartement d'Aménagement et de Gestion des Ressources NaturellesUniversité de ParakouParakouBenin
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- Department of Ecology and HydrologyRegional Campus of International Excellence ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’ – University of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental ScienceUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreDepartment of Life SciencesUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal
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- Department of Ecology and HydrologyRegional Campus of International Excellence ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’ – University of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Department of GeosciencesFederal University of São João del‐ReiSão João del‐ReiBrazil
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of OtagoDunedinNew Zealand
- BC3‐Basque Centre for Climate ChangeLeioaSpain
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- Australian Rivers InstituteGriffith UniversityNathanQldAustralia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) and Institute for Future EnvironmentsSchool of Mathematical SciencesQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneQldAustralia
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
- Department of Aquatic Ecology, EawagThe Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyDübendorfSwitzerland
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- Institute for Ecological ChemistryPlant Analysis and Stored Product ProtectionJulius‐Kuehn‐InstituteBerlinGermany
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- Department of Environment and ScienceQueensland GovernmentBrisbaneQldAustralia
- Australian Rivers InstituteGriffith UniversityNathanQldAustralia
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand
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- IRSTEAUR RIVERLYCentre de Lyon‐VilleurbanneVilleurbanne CedexFrance
- Department of Freshwater ConservationBTU Cottbus‐SenftenbergBad SaarowGermany
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- Department of BiologyFaculty of ScienceUniversity of ZagrebZagrebCroatia
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- Department of Freshwater InvertebratesAlbany MuseumAffiliated Research Institute of Rhodes UniversityGrahamstownSouth Africa
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of GranadaGranadaSpain
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- Department of Environment and ScienceQueensland GovernmentBrisbaneQldAustralia
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- Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRollaMissouri
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- Departamento de Ecología y Biología AnimalUniversidad de VigoVigoSpain
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- Department of Botany and ZoologyFaculty of ScienceMasaryk UniversityBrnoCzech Republic
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of MontenegroPodgoricaMontenegro
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- School of Environmental and Rural ScienceUniversity of New EnglandArmidaleNSWAustralia
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- Department of Ecology and HydrologyRegional Campus of International Excellence ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’ – University of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Department of Biology and EcologyFaculty of Sciences and MathematicsUniversity of NišNišSerbia
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- Department of Environment and ScienceQueensland GovernmentBrisbaneQldAustralia
- Australian Rivers InstituteGriffith UniversityNathanQldAustralia
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- Laboratoire d’Écologie et Gestion des Ecosystèmes Naturels (LECGEN)University of TlemcenTlemcenAlgeria
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research)College of Science and EngineeringJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
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- Water Research Institute – National Research Council (IRSA‐CNR)Montelibretti (Rome)Italy
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- Center for Applied GeosciencesEberhard Karls Universität TübingenTübingenGermany
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Four B, Cárdenas RE, Dangles O. Traits or habitat? Disentangling predictors of leaf‐litter decomposition in Amazonian soils and streams. Ecosphere 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- B. Four
- INRA UAR 1275 DEPT EFPA Département Ecologie des Forêts, Prairies et milieux Aquatiques Centre de Nancy 54280 Champenoux France
- Museo de Zoología QCAZ Laboratorio de Entomología Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca Apdo. 17‐01‐2184 Quito Ecuador
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- Museo de Zoología QCAZ Laboratorio de Entomología Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca Apdo. 17‐01‐2184 Quito Ecuador
- Herbario QCA Laboratorio de Ecología de Plantas Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca Apdo. 17‐01‐2184 Quito Ecuador
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive UMR 5175 CNRS Université de Montpellier‐Université Paul‐Valéry Montpellier‐EPHE‐IRD Montpellier France
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Four B, Arce E, Danger M, Gaillard J, Thomas M, Banas D. Catchment land use-dependent effects of barrage fishponds on the functioning of headwater streams. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:5452-5468. [PMID: 28028701 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-8273-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Extensive fish production systems in continental areas are often created by damming headwater streams. However, these lentic systems favour autochthonous organic matter production. As headwater stream functioning is essentially based on allochthonous organic matter (OM) supply, the presence of barrage fishponds on headwater streams might change the main food source for benthic communities. The goal of this study was thus to identify the effects of barrage fishponds on the functioning of headwater streams. To this end, we compared leaf litter breakdown (a key ecosystem function in headwater streams), their associated invertebrate communities and fungal biomass at sites upstream and downstream of five barrage fishponds in two dominant land use systems (three in forested catchments and two in agricultural catchments). We observed significant structural and functional differences between headwater stream ecosystems in agricultural catchments and those in forested catchments. Leaf litter decay was more rapid in forest streams, with a moderate, but not significant, increase in breakdown rate downstream from the barrage fishponds. In agricultural catchments, the trend was opposite with a 2-fold lower leaf litter breakdown rate at downstream sites compared to upstream sites. Breakdown rates observed at all sites were closely correlated with fungal biomass and shredder biomass. No effect of barrage fishponds were observed in this study concerning invertebrate community structure or functional feeding groups especially in agricultural landscapes. In forest streams, we observed a decrease in organic pollution (OP)-intolerant taxa at downstream sites that was correlated with an increase in OP-tolerant taxa. These results highlighted that the influence of barrage fishponds on headwater stream functioning is complex and land use dependent. It is therefore necessary to clearly understand the various mechanisms (competition for food resources, complementarities between autochthonous and allochthonous OM) that control ecosystem functioning in different contexts in order to optimize barrage fishpond management.
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Affiliation(s)
- Brian Four
- UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, EA 3998, USC INRA 340, University of Lorraine, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
- UAR 1275 DEPT EFPA Département Ecologie des Forêts, Prairies et milieux Aquatiques. Centre de recherche de Nancy, INRA, 54280, Champenoux, France.
- LTER "Zone Atelier Moselle", Laboratoire UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
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- UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, EA 3998, USC INRA 340, University of Lorraine, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- LTER "Zone Atelier Moselle", Laboratoire UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, UMR CNRS 7360 2CNRS, LIEC, Université de Lorraine, 57070, Metz, France
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- UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, EA 3998, USC INRA 340, University of Lorraine, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, EA 3998, USC INRA 340, University of Lorraine, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- LTER "Zone Atelier Moselle", Laboratoire UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, EA 3998, USC INRA 340, University of Lorraine, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- LTER "Zone Atelier Moselle", Laboratoire UR Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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