Article
Plant Sciences
Ziyang Peng, Yuntao Wu, Lulu Guo, Lu Yang, Bin Wang, Xin Wang, Weixing Liu, Yanjun Su, Jin Wu, Lingli Liu
Summary: Understanding how plants adapt to spatially heterogeneous phosphorus (P) supply is crucial for studying the impact of environmental changes on ecosystem productivity. The relative P limitation to plants was found to be higher in tropical forests than in temperate forests, but varied among species and within sites. Ecosystems develop a coupled aboveground-belowground strategy to maintain P supply and N : P stoichiometric balance under P-limitation.
Review
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Ingrid Chorus, Elly Spijkerman
Summary: Reynolds elegantly synthesized the impact of limitation and co-limitation on phytoplankton communities, emphasizing that reducing P concentration is sufficient to mitigate eutrophication, but increasing N concentration may also be beneficial in certain circumstances. Research on stoichiometry and co-limitation serves to enhance our understanding of phytoplankton ecophysiology and community ecology.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hao Chen, Sasha C. Reed, Xiaotao Lu, Kongcao Xiao, Kelin Wang, Dejun Li
Summary: Our study found that plants in nutrient-limited forests exhibit higher nitrogen resorption efficiency, while those in phosphorus-limited forests show higher phosphorus resorption proficiency, indicating a preferential resorption of the more limiting nutrient in response to nutrient limitation. Stoichiometric control was demonstrated by the positive relationship between NRE: PRE and leaf N:P ratios within each forest. Additionally, nutrient concentration controls were observed, with higher resorption proficiency in the nutrient-poor forest than in the nutrient-rich forest.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Limnology
David L. Moon, J. Thad Scott, Tom R. Johnson
Summary: This study used National Lakes Assessment data to evaluate the influence of nitrogen, phosphorus, and other variables on lake chlorophyll-a concentrations. By splitting the dataset based on estimated TN/TP ratios and developing separate regressions, bias problems were corrected and correlation was improved. The results indicated that nitrogen and phosphorus were excellent predictors, with nonalgal light attenuation being the next most influential predictor.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Ji Liu, Linchuan Fang, Tianyi Qiu, Haijian Bing, Yongxing Cui, Jordi Sardans, Enzai Du, Ji Chen, Wenfeng Tan, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Guiyao Zhou, Qingliang Cui, Josep Penuelas
Summary: This study investigated the patterns of plant-microbial N/P limitation in forests across China and found significant divergence between the two. The N/P limitation was disconnected in 42.6% of plant-microbial communities, with only 17.7% of N and 39.7% of P limitations consistent. The divergence was more evident at mid-latitudes, where plants were mainly N limited and microbes were mainly P limited. The findings were consistent with ecological stoichiometry and highlighted the importance of soil chemistry in driving the divergence.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lili Wei, Ming Yang Bee, Seng-Chee Poh, Ankit Garg, Fang Lin, Jing Gao
Summary: This study conducted a field experiment to estimate the impact of marine aquaculture on soil nutrient distribution and plant nutrient status in adjacent mangroves. The results showed that the soil in the mangroves had higher nitrogen and phosphorus content compared to pristine mangroves. However, this did not significantly affect the plant's nutrient status. Therefore, marine aquaculture farms can have an impact on adjacent mangroves, though mangroves have substantial buffering capabilities.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Thomas J. Mozdzer, Sophie E. Drew, Joshua S. Caplan, Paige E. Weber, Linda A. Deegan
Summary: Salt marshes have high carbon storage rates but excessive nutrient loads can alter carbon cycle processes. Research indicates that reducing nutrient loads can lead to rapid recovery of carbon cycle processes to reference levels, potentially enhancing carbon sequestration rates in blue carbon ecosystems.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Tongrui Zhang, Frank Yonghong Li, Yanlong Li, Chunjun Shi, Hao Wang, Lin Wu, Zheng Bai, Guga Suri, Zhiyi Wang
Summary: Animal grazing and excretion return play important roles in plant nutrient resorption fluxes in grassland ecosystems, with defoliation dominating the interactive effects of the three grazing mechanisms.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dong-Wei Yu, Su-Juan Duan, Xiao-Chao Zhang, Da-Qiu Yin, Shi-Jun Wang, Jin-Song Chen, Ning-Fei Lei
Summary: Different nutrient supply has significant effects on leaf stoichiometry and relative growth rate of alien plants, with N:P ratio positively correlated with relative growth rate, but influenced by species and nutrient supply.
Article
Limnology
Daffne C. Lopez-Sandoval, Carlos M. Duarte, Susana Agusti
Summary: The Red Sea displays a gradient of temperature and nutrient concentration from north to south, with varying primary production rates. Seasonal variations in phytoplankton growth rates and photosynthesis were observed, with nutrient availability playing a key role in defining photosynthetic rates and biomass levels.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tangcheng Li, Jiahong Huang, Hong Du, Xiaojuan Liu, Chongming Zhong, Senjie Lin
Summary: This study extensively reviewed the literature on coral and Symbiodiniaceae research, providing an overview of the current research landscape and identifying areas that require more research effort. The findings revealed that climate change is the most studied area, while nutrient is the least studied area. Furthermore, the combination of nutrient enrichment and elevated temperature is an emerging research field.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Patrick K. Thomas, Charlotte Kunze, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Helmut Hillebrand, Maren Striebel
Summary: Primary consumers in aquatic ecosystems are limited by the quality of their food, with significant negative effects on zooplankton performance. Nutrient co-limitation is strong in zooplankton, and the effects of essential fatty acid limitation depend on phosphorus availability. Indirect effects induced by phosphorus limitation exceed direct effects of mineral phosphorus limitation. The effects of nutrient amendments using laboratory phytoplankton isolates exceed those using natural field communities.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jewel Tomasula, Billie Maguire, Tyler M. Rippel, Eddie Lopez, Stephanie Perez, Ali Arab, Shannon M. Murphy, Gina M. Wimp
Summary: This study found that nutrient enrichment leads to increased salt marsh dieback, and high-intensity nutrient enrichment combined with a biotic agent can cause ecosystem collapse.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anu Eskelinen, W. Stanley Harpole, Maria-Theresa Jessen, Risto Virtanen, Yann Hautier
Summary: Enrichment of nutrients and loss of herbivores can lead to a loss of plant diversity in grassland ecosystems. This study shows that restoring light to understory plants can mitigate this loss caused by nutrient enrichment or absence of mammalian herbivores. Herbivory plays a significant role in controlling diversity through light competition. The findings suggest that maintaining grazing by herbivores could protect biodiversity in grassland ecosystems by alleviating competition for light.
Review
Agronomy
Ruzhen Wang, Jiayu Lu, Yong Jiang, Feike A. Dijkstra
Summary: In this study, the authors expanded the conceptual framework of carbon allocation for nutrient acquisition in plants by introducing a new parameter called carbon efficiency for nutrient acquisition (CENA). They found that CENA increases with higher nutrient availability, but reaches a plateau when the availability of one nutrient increases at the expense of another. The relationship between CENA and mycorrhizal plants may differ from non-mycorrhizal plants, with CENA potentially being higher in mycorrhizal plants under low nutrient availability. Additionally, the CENA of nitrogen-fixing plants is independent of soil nitrogen availability but increases with soil phosphorus availability. The researchers conclude that these updated frameworks provide a better understanding of how plants optimize belowground carbon allocation for nutrient acquisition under varying nutrient availability conditions.