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Streams control the timing and delivery of fluvial nutrient export from watersheds, and hydraulic processes such as transient storage may affect nutrient uptake and transformation. Although we expect that hydraulic processes that retain water will increase nutrient uptake, the relationship between transient storage and nutrient uptake is not clear. To examine this relationship, we injected a co...

We investigated the use of stable C and N isotopic ratios as indicators of shifts in nutrient limitation of aquatic macrophytes in native Typha (Typha domingensis Pers.) and Cladium (Cladium jamaicense Crantz) communities growing along the well-established phosphorus enrichment gradient of Water Conservation Area 2A of the Florida Everglades. Both Typha and Cladium had significantly different d...

of two native German speakers, we hope that we have arrived at a satisfactory resolution. Mangelerscheinung was the trickiest element. Literally, it translates as “deficiency symptom,” a medico-biological concept denoting the lack of some nutrient critical to physical well-being (e.g., a vitamin deficiency). Although the literal translation has a “clunky” feel, we decided to restrain poetic lic...

Fertilization is an important practical measure in agricultural production. As nutrient element of plants, nitrogen (N) has a significant impact on the plant productivity and microbial function. Rhizosphere microorganisms affect growth development, uptake utilization, ecological adaptability. The interaction mechanism between rhizosphere one hotspots life science research key program microorgan...

interrupting the processes which control ecosystem resources has dramatic impacts on the rangeland conditions. to protect ecosystems and landscape, it needs to understand the ecosystem processes which regulate the ecosystem resources. as main components of ecosystems, patches and inter-patches play important roles in energy and materials cascade. ecologically, functional parameters such as stab...