Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1135-1142

  Elser, James J ^a   Bracken, Matthew E S ^b,h   Cleland, Elsa E ^c   Gruner, Daniel S ^b,i   Harpole, W Stanley ^d   Hillebrand, Helmut ^e   Ngai, Jacqueline T ^f   Seabloom, Eric W ^g   Shurin, Jonathan B ^f   Smith, Jennifer E ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Meta analysis; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Primary production

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

EID: 35848967003     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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