Meta-analysis of lotic nutrient amendment experiments: detecting and quantifying subtle responses

By S. Francoeur. Journal of The North American Benthological Society, 2001

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Algae–P relationships, thresholds, and frequency distributions guide nutrient criterion development (2008, background): “We chose TP rather than total N (TN) or both TP and TN to limit complexity of the results and because experiments, nutrient ratios, and correlations among attributes indicate that P commonly regulates algal responses in streams of the study region (e.g., Pan et al. 1999, Francoeur 2001).”
Relationships between structure and function in streams contrasting in temperature (2009, background): “Francoeur (2001) found in a meta-analysis of lotic nutrient amendment experiments that multispecies communities are unlikely to be limited by a single nutrient.”
The influence of land use on stream biofilm nutrient limitation across eight North American ecoregions (2009, methodology): “…Published by NRC Research Press N-limited, P-limited, co-limited by N and P, or not limited by nutrients at all (Tank and Webster 1998; Francoeur 2001; Tank and Dodds 2003), and heterotrophs have an equally wide range of responses to nutrient amendment (Hepinstall and Fuller 1994;…”
Comparing Effects of Nutrients on Algal Biomass in Streams in Two Regions with Different Disturbance Regimes and with Applications for Developing Nutrient Criteria (2006, background): “Phosphorus is usually identified as the nutrient limiting algal growth in streams, however experiments show that N may also be a factor (Francoeur, 2001).”
Spatial patterns of autochthonous and allochthonous resources in aquatic food webs (2008, background): “In a meta-analysis, Francoeur (2001) demonstrated that in 43% of nutrient-enrichment experiments in rivers, benthic microalgal production was not limited by nutrients (nitrate and SRP).”
Ecological and toxicological effects of inorganic nitrogen pollution in aquatic ecosystems: A global assessment. (2006, unknown): “:P loading ratios (Elser et al., 1990; Harper, 1992; Allan, 1995; Borchardt, 1996; Francouer, 2001; Wetzel, 2001; Dodds et al., 2002; Smith, 2003).”
Nutrient limitation of epilithic and epixylic biofilms in ten North American streams (2003, unknown): “We recognise that this may be a result of low statistical power (Scrimgeour & Chambers, 1997; Francoeur, 2001), but, it could also indicate that biofilm nutrient demand is being met, despite low water column nutrient concentration, or that there is another limiting factor (e.g. light availability,…”
Biotic interactions in freshwater benthic habitats (2010, background): “N-, P-, and N+P colimitation occur in many benthic habitats (reviewed by Borchardt 1996, Francoeur 2001).”
Effects of phosphorus enrichment and grazing snails on modern stromatolitic microbial communities (2005, background): “, 1999), nutrient supply (Francoeur, 2001), and grazing (Hillebrand, 2002), on benthic communities, with a partic-”
Temperature and nutrient supply interact to control nitrogen fixation in oligotrophic streams: An experimental examination (2006, background): “However, other studies have indicated that growth of stream algal communities is as frequently limited by N as by P, and many streams are colimited by N and P (Francoeur 2001), which indicates that some factors must be limiting N2 fixation and maintaining N limitation in some streams.”
Salinity controls phytoplankton response to nutrient enrichment in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA (2006, background): “However, many bioassays and whole-lake experiments have shown that N is limiting in lakes and streams as frequently as P (Elser et al. 1990; Francoeur 2001).”
Moving on up: can results from simple aquatic mesocosm experiments be applied across broad spatial scales? (2011, methodology): “As such, a common experiment in aquatic ecology is to determine the nutrient(s) limiting algal growth using a standard bioassay approach (Gerhart & Likens, 1975; Francoeur, 2001).”
Eutrophication of freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems a global problem (2003, background): “A recent meta-analysis of nutrient enrichment experiments in streams by Francoeur (2001) has confirmed that benthic algal biomass can be significantly increased by the addition of either N or P, and Borchardt (1996) published a review of the literature on nutrients and stream periphyton communities.”