As terrestrial leaf litter decomposes in rivers, its constituent elements follow multiple
pathways. Carbon leached as dissolved organic matter can be quickly taken up by …

Streams and rivers provide important services to humans, and therefore, their ecological
integrity should be a societal goal. Although ecological integrity encompasses structural and …

Ecological functions of fungal and bacterial decomposers vary with environmental
conditions. However, the response of these decomposers to particulate organic matter …

Surveys of carbon: nitrogen: phosphorus ratios are available now for major groups of biota
and for various aquatic and terrestrial biomes. However, while fungi play an important role in …

Soil ecological stoichiometry provides powerful theories to integrate the complex interplay of
element cycling and microbial communities into biogeochemical models. One essential …

Ecology and ecotoxicology have different historical roots, despite their similar names, but
are slowly converging to meet the challenge of addressing the massive global proliferation …

Planting broad-leaved trees with coniferous species typically influences the rhizosphere soil
microorganisms of broad-leaved trees. However, how tree species mixture affects microbial …

Climate change and associated environmental alterations affect plant communities,
potentially decoupling links between plants and their associated soil microbial communities …

Decomposing organic matter forms a substantial resource base, fueling the biogeochemical
function and secondary production of most aquatic ecosystems. However, detrital N …

Long-term nitrogen (N) fertilization affects soil aggregation and localizations of soil organic
carbon (SOC), N and microbial parameters within aggregates. The mechanisms of these N …