Elemental stoichiometry constitutes an inherent link between biogeochemistry and the
structure and processes within food webs, and thus is at the core of ecosystem functioning …

Fish communities face increasing anthropogenic pressures in freshwater and marine
ecosystems that modify their biodiversity and threaten the services they supply to human …

Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) describes the partitioning of organic N taken up
between growth and the release of inorganic N to the environment (that is, N mineralization) …

The carbon use efficiency (CUE) of microbial communities partitions the flow of C from
primary producers to the atmosphere, decomposer food webs, and soil C stores. CUE …

Terrestrial microbial decomposer communities thrive on a wide range of organic matter
types that rarely ever meet their elemental demands. In this review we synthesize the current …

Carbon (C) metabolism is at the core of ecosystem function. Decomposers play a critical role
in this metabolism as they drive soil C cycle by mineralizing organic matter to CO2. Their …

Carbon use efficiency (CUE) is a fundamental parameter for ecological models based on the
physiology of microorganisms. CUE determines energy and material flows to higher trophic …

The net primary production of the biosphere is consumed largely by microorganisms, whose
metabolism creates the trophic base for detrital foodwebs, drives element cycles, and …

Biota can be described in terms of elemental composition, expressed as an atomic ratio of
carbon: nitrogen: phosphorus (refs). The elemental stoichiometry of microoorganisms is …