Aim Elevational biodiversity patterns are understudied in high‐latitude aquatic systems,
even though these systems are important for detecting very early impacts of climatic …

Lakes at high altitude and latitude are typically unproductive ecosystems where external
factors outweigh the relative importance of in‐lake processes, making them ideal sentinels …

Ecosystems are subsidized with inputs of mass and energy from their surroundings. These
allochthonous inputs regulate many ecosystem characteristics. In inland waters, terrestrial …

The Andes, the world's longest mountain system (8500 km), harbour important headwater
systems that constitute crucial water resources for South America. Their complex topography …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics influence aquatic ecosystem metabolism with
ecological and biogeochemical effects. During microbial degradation, certain DOM …

Climate change is altering both dissolved organic matter (DOM) properties and
phytoplankton dynamics in lakes. High‐altitude lakes are good sentinels of global change …

The biogeography of bacterial communities is a key topic in Microbial Ecology. Regarding
continental water, most studies are carried out in the northern hemisphere, leaving a gap on …

Functional richness patterns of lake chironomid assemblages have been increasingly
studied in the Northern Hemisphere, but so far there are no studies in Southern Hemisphere …

Climate change affects glaciers all over the world causing glacial recession with the
formation of new lakes. Glaciers of Mount Tronador (41° S, Patagonia, Argentina) underwent …

One of the most noticeable environmental discontinuities in mountains is the transition that
exists in vegetation below and above the treeline. In the North Patagonian Andean lakes …