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 the …

For any enzyme-catalyzed reaction to occur, the corresponding protein-encoding genes
and transcripts are necessary prerequisites. Thus, a positive relationship between the …

Background The dynamics of phosphorus (P) in the environment is important for regulating
nutrient cycles in natural and managed ecosystems and an integral part in assessing …

We explore the role of lakes in carbon cycling and global climate, examine the mechanisms
influencing carbon pools and transformations in lakes, and discuss how the metabolism of …

Biological stoichiometry provides a mechanistic theory linking cellular and biochemical features
of co‐evolving biota with constraints imposed by ecosystem energy and nutrient inputs. …

… We recently documented a similar relationship in Lake Michigan (Biddanda and Cotner
forth… We are also grateful to J. Elser and W. Makino for their comments on an earlier version of …

1. We examined the relative importance of resource composition (carbon: phosphorus
molar ratios which varied between 9 and 933) and growth rate $(0\cdot 5-1\cdot 5\ \text{h}^{-1})$ …

… (1 -pm pore size, Nuclepore) and whole lake water demonstrated that differential filtration
usually removed > 90% of the Chl a and only 15% of the total number of bacteria (Cotner and …

… the potential for bacterial Fe limitation in these experiments but more recent experiments
using clean techniques did not suggest that bacterioplankton were Fe limited (JB Cotner, JW …

Heterotrophic bacteria are a key component driving biogeochemical processes in aquatic
ecosystems. In 1998, we examined the role of heterotrophic bacteria by quantifying plankton …