Abstract C, N and P are three of the most important elements used to build living beings, and
their uptake from the environment is consequently essential for all organisms. We have …

In freshwater environments, microbial assemblages attached to submerged substrates play
an essential role in ecosystem processes such as primary production, supported by …

Liebig's law of the minimum, which states that only one element limits the growth of
organisms at any given time, is widely used in ecology. This principle is routinely applied to …

Heterotrophic microorganisms are crucial for mineralising leaf litter and rendering it more
palatable to leaf‐shredding invertebrates. A substantial part of leaf litter entering running …

Periphyton communities play an important role in shallow lakes and are controlled by direct
forces such as temperature, light, nutrients, and invertebrate grazing, but also indirectly by …

This article aims to test the light-nutrient hypothesis (LNH) in a periphytic community in a
tropical black-water lake. Individual and interactive effects of light and nutrient availability …

We studied the role of natural (common reed) and artificial substrata (bamboo) in structuring
the abundance and taxonomic composition of periphyton assemblages. Investigations were …

The amount of energy flowing to top trophic levels depends on primary production and the
efficiency at which it is converted to production at each trophic level. In aquatic systems …

The N: P stoichiometry of a water body is one of the most commonly used indicators of its
nutrient status and algal growth. However, in a dynamic aquatic ecosystem the N: P …

Losses of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) have important influences on in-lake
concentrations and nutrient loading to downstream ecosystems. We performed a series of …