Agricultural, urban and industrial activities have dramatically increased aquatic nitrogen and
phosphorus pollution (eutrophication), threatening water quality and biotic integrity from …

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 …

Soil fungi and bacteria are the key players in the transformation and processing of carbon
and nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems, yet controls on their abundance and activity are not …

The availability of carbon from rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and of nitrogen from
various human-induced inputs to ecosystems is continuously increasing; however, these …

The availability of carbon (C) from high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and
anthropogenic release of nitrogen (N) is increasing, but these increases are not paralleled …

Aim Potassium (K) is the second most abundant nutrient in plant photosynthetic tissues after
nitrogen (N). Thousands of physiological and metabolic studies in recent decades have …

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 …

It is well established that resource quantity and elemental stoichiometry play major roles in
shaping below and aboveground plant biodiversity, but their importance for shaping …

Nitrogen (N) and/or phosphorus (P) availability can limit growth of primary producers across
most of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. These constraints are commonly …

Living organisms maintain a balance of chemical elements for optimal growth and
reproduction, which plays an important role in global biogeochemical cycles,,,,. Human …