▪ Abstract Animals are important in nutrient cycling in freshwater ecosystems. Via excretory
processes, animals can supply nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) at rates comparable to …

Based on the observation that organism‐specific elemental content creates ecologically
relevant mismatches such as between plant and animal tissue, it was postulated—and …

Ecologists are increasingly recognizing the importance of consumers in regulating
ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling. Ecologists have recently made considerable …

1. This paper summarizes the salient features of the contributions to the workshop on The
Role of Food Quality for Zooplankton. In this paper we attempt critically to evaluate our …

The influence of pelagic herbivores on the competitive arena of their prey is examined in
three models of herbivore physiology. One hallmark of pelagic herbivory is the rapid and …

Top–down control of phytoplankton by crustacean mesozooplankton is a cornerstone of
freshwater ecology. Apparently, trophic cascades are more frequently reported from …

Most ecosystem models consolidate members of food-webs, eg species, into a small
number of functional components. Each of these is then described by a single state variable …

We used laboratory growth and feeding experiments to study the balance of carbon (C) and
phosphorus (P) in Daphnia magna. Daphnia were fed high‐concentration mixtures of P …

At times, freshwater zooplankton consume phytoplankton populations at rates similar to or
faster than that at which they are growing (Hargrave and Geen, 1970; Gulati, 1975; Hom …

Nutritional imbalances are of great interest in the ecological stoichiometry literature, in which
researchers have focused almost exclusively on cases where nutrients are available in low …