Abstract Goal, Scope and Background Humans now strongly influence almost every major
aquatic ecosystem, and their activities have dramatically altered the fluxes of growth-limiting …

As blooms of cyanobacteria expand and intensify in freshwater systems globally, there is
increasing interest in their ecological effects. In addition to being public health hazards …

Despite growing recognition of the importance of ecosystem services and the economic and
ecological harm caused by invasive species, linkages between invasions, changes in …

Eutrophication is characterized by excessive plant and algal growth due to the increased
availability of one or more limiting growth factors needed for photosynthesis (Schindler …

In the mid-1800s, the agricultural chemist Justus von Liebig demonstrated strong positive
relationships between soil nutrient supplies and the growth yields of terrestrial plants, and it …

New studies are documenting trophic cascades in theoretically unlikely systems such as
tropical forests and the open ocean. Together with increasing evidence of cascades, there is …

Lake eutrophication and water quality deterioration have become a major environmental
problem in urban areas and fertilized basins in developing countries across the world. This …

Many terrestrial ecosystems are characterized by intermittent production of abundant
resources for consumers, such as mast seeding and pulses of primary production following …

On the hydrological map of the world eutrophication has become the primary water quality
issue. The excessive enrichment of waters with anthropogenic sources of nutrients …

Responses of zooplankton, pelagic primary producers, planktonic bacteria, and CO2
exchange with the atmosphere were measured in four lakes with contrasting food webs …