Consumer‐resource stoichiometry in detritus‐based streams

By W. Cross, J. Benstead, A. Rosemond, James Buchanan Wallace. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Detritivory: stoichiometry of a neglected trophic level (2008, background): “Such nutrient limitation may impose severe constraints on detritivores (Cross et al. 2003), thereby increasing the importance of stoichiometric imbalances in detritusbased systems compared to primary producer-based food webs (Moe et al. 2005).”
The feeding ecology of earthworms – A review (2007, background): “Ecological stoichiometry – the study of the balance of elements in ecological processes – has recently being receiving attention in regard to freshwater and marine detritus-based ecosystems (Cross et al., 2003; Moe et al., 2005) but has been little considered in relation to terrestrial ecosystems (P”
Resource quality and stoichiometric constraints on stream ecosystem functioning (2009, background): “However, in a detailed analysis, Cross et al. (2003) found that a range of shredders had low molar C : N ratios (6.4–6.7) compared with their leaf-litter food resources (67–73) in two streams in the U.S.A.”
Ecological Networks in a Changing Climate (2010, result): “In contrast to autotrophs, elemental stoichiometry of heterotrophic consumers is relatively fixed or homeostatic (Elser et al., 2000; Frost et al., 2003, but see Cross et al., 2003; Demott et al., 2001).”
Stoichiometric variation in C:N, C:P, and N:P ratios of littoral benthic invertebrates (2005, background): “Nutrient content of organisms can vary among size classes (Cross et al. 2003).”
Connecting the green and brown worlds . allometric and stoichiometric predictability of above- and below-ground networks (2013, background): “Empirical examples from literature on the P, C and N contents of detrivores show a remarkable split between the positive skew of the left-tailed distribution of P observations versus the negative skews of the right-tailed distributions of C and N observations (Cross et al., 2003).”
Recent advances in ecological stoichiometry: insights for population and community ecology (2005, background): “Since detritus generally has lower N:C and P:C than live plant material, stoichiometric imbalances could be even more important for detritus-detritivore interactions (Cross et al. 2003, Evans-White et al. 2005).”
Stoichiometry of actual vs. potential predator–prey interactions: insights into nitrogen limitation for arthropod predators (2004, methodology): “This pattern likely results because the Spartina community is dominated by nitrogen poor sap-feeders such as planthoppers and leafhoppers that serve as the primary source of prey for many species of nitrogen-rich spiders (Döbel & Denno 1994; Denno et al. 2002, 2003).”
The importance of high-quality algal food sources in stream food webs - current status and future perspectives (2016, background): “In stream food webs, basal food sources are known to differ markedly in their nutritional quality (Cross et al., 2003, 2005; Lau et al., 2009a).”
Thresholds in macroinvertebrate biodiversity and stoichiometry across water-quality gradients in Central Plains (USA) streams (2009, methodology): “:P and a lower P demand than collector and predator feeding groups (Cross et al. 2003, Frost et al. 2006).”
Ecological stoichiometry in freshwater benthic systems: recent progress and perspectives (2005, background): “…characteristics, such as feeding mode (e.g. functional feeding groups; Cummins & Klug, 1979), predators have been shown to contain higher levels of N and P (Cross et al., 2003; Evans-White et al., 2005) than scrapers, shredders and collectors, which did not markedly differ form one another.”