Ecological Stoichiometry, Biogeochemical Cycling, Invasive Species, and Aquatic Food Webs: San Francisco Estuary and Comparative Systems Patricia M. Glibert a , David Fullerton b , Joann M. Burkholder c , Jeffrey C. Cornwell a & Todd M. Kana a a University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, Maryland, USA b Metropolitan Water District, Sacramento, Cal...

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MATHEW SEYMOUR* † , KATRI SEPP € AL € A*, ELVIRA M € ACHLER* AND FLORIAN ALTERMATT* *Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, D€ ubendorf, Switzerland School of Biological Sciences, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Gwynedd, U.K. Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Stud...

marco a. janssen, t imothy a. kohler , and marten scheffer Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indiana University, 408 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington, Ind. 47408-3799, U.S.A. ([email protected])/Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, P.O. Box 644910, Pullman, Wash. 99164-4910, U.S.A. ([email protected])/ Department of Aquatic Ecology and Wat...

Urs Uehlinger Department of Aquatic Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), CH-8600 D€ ubendorf, Switzerland Karl M. Wantzen Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, ATIG-Aquatic-Terrestrial Interaction Group, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany Rob S.E.W. Leuven Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research (IWWR), Faculty of Sci...

Generations of microbiologists have pondered over the issue of bacterial activity and whether most bacteria in the environment are “active,” “inactive,” or “dormant” (Stevenson 1978). This is a question with clear practical implications, in terms of food, sanitary, and clinical microbiology, as well as profound ecological implications. The issue started to be debated in earnest within the aquat...