Northern ecosystems are experiencing some of the most dramatic impacts of global change
on Earth. Rising temperatures, hydrological intensification, changes in atmospheric acid …

Ecological stoichiometry is the study of the balance of multiple chemical elements in
ecological interactions. This paper reviews recent findings in this area and seeks to broaden …

摘要20 世纪以来, 生物科学的发展异军突起, 成为发展最快的学科, 不仅学科分类逐渐细化,
而且研究领域也逐渐深入, 然而, 这种分化和深入也可能会掩盖生物的一些最普遍特征 …

Major advances in the scientific understanding and management of eutrophication have
been made since the late 1960s. The control of point sources of phosphorus reduced algal …

▪ Abstract Animals are important in nutrient cycling in freshwater ecosystems. Via excretory
processes, animals can supply nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) at rates comparable to …

Ecosystem science and evolution-• ary biology have long been infrequent and
uncomfortable bedfellows (Hagen 1992, Holt 1995, McIntosh 1985). However, the convf …

Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications is a general text covering
both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the …

1. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are almost exclusively synthesized by plants. Animals
can convert from one form of PUFA to another through elongation and desaturation, but very …

Studies on ecological stoichiometry (ES) have increased rapidly in number in recent years.
Continuous exploration of classical concepts such as the growth-rate hypothesis (GRH),) …

Based on the observation that organism‐specific elemental content creates ecologically
relevant mismatches such as between plant and animal tissue, it was postulated—and …