An integrative perspective to predict the performance of the riverine bioreactor
Streams and rivers act as truly bioreactors with an impressive capacity to process with great efficiency diverse organic substrates. The capacity and performance of the riverine bioreactor is determined in turn by the structure of riverine communities, the energy transfer along trophic levels, and the multiple interactions among biotic and environmental factors. Nevertheless, such a complex interplay of variables obscures our mechanistic and predictive knowledge on the riveri
