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threshold elemental ratios

Scope: biogeochemistry
Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on threshold elemental ratios with 39 nodes and 131 connections. Top connected: Unknown, Bacteria, aquatic insects, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Trichoptera.

Definition

The hypothesis that disposing of excess dietary nutrients imposes a growth cost on organisms, creating hump-shaped relationships with diet stoichiometry

Related Terms (2)

TERelemental imbalance

Publications (3)

article

Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)

2021Freshwater Scienceframework
article

Using ecological stoichiometry to understand and predict infectious diseases

2018Oikostested
thesis

Ecological stoichiomety of consumer-resource interaction in lotic food webs

2010primary focus

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Frequently Associated Species

Bacteria

3 papers

benthic invertebrates

2 papers

Unknown

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Trichoptera

2 papers

Daphnia

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aquatic insects

2 papers

brook trout

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aquatic macrophytes

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Asellus aquaticus

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