Bridging food webs, ecosystem metabolism, and biogeochemistry using ecological stoichiometry theory

N Welti, M Striebel, AJ Ulseth, WF Cross… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Although aquatic ecologists and biogeochemists are well aware of the crucial importance of
ecosystem functions, ie, how biota drive biogeochemical processes and vice-versa, linking …

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in dynamic landscapes

U Brose, H Hillebrand - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) and its
consequence for ecosystem services has predominantly been studied by controlled, short …

Modelling food-web mediated effects of hydrological variability and environmental flows

BJ Robson, RE Lester, DS Baldwin, NR Bond… - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Environmental flows are designed to enhance aquatic ecosystems through a variety of
mechanisms; however, to date most attention has been paid to the effects on habitat quality …

Micronutrient content drives elementome variability amongst the Symbiodiniaceae

EF Camp, MR Nitschke, D Clases… - BMC Plant …, 2022 - Springer
Background Elements are the basis of life on Earth, whereby organisms are essentially
evolved chemical substances that dynamically interact with each other and their …

Fungal parasites of a toxic inedible cyanobacterium provide food to zooplankton

T Frenken, J Wierenga, E van Donk… - Limnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
During the end of spring and throughout summer, large‐sized phytoplankton taxa often
proliferate and form dense blooms in freshwater ecosystems. In many cases, they are …

Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships in long-term time series and palaeoecological records: deep sea as a test bed

M Yasuhara, H Doi, CL Wei… - … Transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) over long temporal scales is
poorly understood. Here, we investigate biological monitoring and palaeoecological records …

Understanding the stoichiometric limitation of herbivore growth: the importance of feeding and assimilation flexibilities

J Urabe, Y Shimizu, T Yamaguchi - Ecology letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological stoichiometry suggests that herbivore growth is limited by phosphorus when this
element in the diet is< 8.6 μg P mg C− 1 (C: P atomic ratio> 300). However, in nature, it is not …

Magnesium fertilizer-induced increase of symbiotic microorganisms improves forage growth and quality

J Chen, Y Li, S Wen, A Rosanoff… - Journal of agricultural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Magnesium (Mg) plays important roles in photosynthesis and protein synthesis; however,
latent Mg deficiencies are common phenomena that can influence food quality …

Impacts of warming on top-down and bottom-up controls of periphyton production

G Kazanjian, M Velthuis, R Aben, S Stephan… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Global warming profoundly impacts the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. Nonetheless, the
effect of warming on primary producers is poorly understood, especially periphyton …

Variation in the elemental stoichiometry of the coral–zooxanthellae symbiosis

ACA Blanckaert, R Reef, JM Pandolfi, CE Lovelock - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Organismal elemental stoichiometry is important at all scales of ecological interactions,
particularly in symbiosis. Symbiotic partnerships are found extensively in corals, where coral …