Animal-mediated nutrient dynamics are critical processes in ecosystems. Previous research
has found animal-mediated nutrient supply (excretion) to be highly predictable based on …

The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) and ecological stoichiometry (ES) are both prominent
frameworks for understanding energy and nutrient budgets of organisms. We tested their …

Benthic consumers profoundly impact nutrient regeneration in coastal marine ecosystems.
The concurrent nutrient imbalance and warming of our coastal seas will change the …

Aim The aim was to document how body stoichiometry of heterotrophs varies globally and to
assess phylogenetic, trophic, habitat and body mass drivers of this interspecific variation in …

Animals can be important in modulating ecosystem-level nutrient cycling, although their
importance varies greatly among species and ecosystems. Nutrient cycling rates of …

Ecological stoichiometry (ES) and allometry offer frameworks for predicting how nutrient
recycling varies within and among animal species. Despite the importance of benthic …

Ecological stoichiometry provides a framework to predict how animals regulate nutritional
balances within their tissue and, as a result, how animal biomass affects ecosystem …

Nitrogen stable isotope ratios (δ15N) and body size were used to describe the size‐based
trophic structure of a deep‐sea ecosystem, the Avilés submarine Canyon (Cantabrian Sea …

A central premise of ecological stoichiometry is that consumers maintain relatively fixed
elemental composition in their bodies, a process known as elemental homoeostasis …

Stoichiometric differences among organisms can affect trophic interactions and rates of
nutrient cycling within ecosystems. However, we still know little about either the underlying …