In aquatic detrital-based food webs, research suggests that autotroph-heterotroph microbial interactions exert bottom-up controls on energy and nutrient transfer. To address this emerging topic, we investigated responses to light treatments during Liriodendron tulipifera litter decomposition fed the caddisfly larvae Pycnopsyche sp. We measured litter-associated algal, fungal, bacterial biomass ...

background: food consumption pattern and lack of some nutrients is known as main environmental risk factor of esophageal cancer. we investigated nutritional risk factor and food consumption pattern of people who live in high risk area in golestan province. materials and methods: we investigated food consumption pattern of more than 30 years old gonbad and kalale's people who recruited in golest...

The stoichiometric composition of autotrophs can vary greatly in response to variation in light and nutrient availability, and can mediate ecological processes such as C sequestration, growth of herbivores, and nutrient cycling. We investigated light and nutrient eVects on phytoplankton stoichiometry, employing Wve experiments on intact phytoplankton assemblages from three lakes varying in prod...

Forest disturbance can alter light and nutrient regimes in small streams, which in turn may influence grazer–periphyton interactions within the stream community. To investigate the influence of forest disturbance on grazer–periphyton interactions, we tested the effects of light, nutrients, and grazing by tadpoles of the tailed frog (Ascaphus truei) on periphyton standing crop and tadpole growth...