August 2024
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What is Ecological Stoichiometry?
Ecological stoichiometry is the study of the balance of energy and chemical elements in ecological interactions and ecosystems.
It analyzes how the relative proportions of elements—most commonly carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P)—shape biological processes, organism growth, and nutrient cycling.
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Meet the Editorial Team
Paul Frost, Editor-in-Chief
Trent University, Canada
Paul is the David Schindler Professor of Aquatic Science at Trent University where his research program examines the role of nutrients in aquatic food webs through their effects on the nutritional physiology of plants and animals. He has on-going research on the elemental nutrition of freshwater algae and zooplankton and how this affects nutrient dynamics in lakes.
Nicole Wagner
Oakland University, USA
Nicole is an Assistant Professor at Oakland University, where she studies how the supply of nutrients and their ratios affect harmful algal bloom growth, stoichiometry and cyanotoxin production.
Robert Buchkowski
Western University, Canada
Robert is an Assistant Professor at Western University in London, Ontario. He studies the role animals, plants, and microorganisms play in cycling of elements through terrestrial ecosystems using field experiments and theoretical models.
Catriona Jones
Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
Catriona is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. Their research focuses on nutrient dynamics in the lower food web, with a particular focus on utilizing the lower foodweb to understand ecosystem-level processes. In their current role, they are collaborating with the EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office to examine long-term trends in nutrient dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes and what these trends can tell us about current water quality issues facing the Great Lakes.
Angélica González
Rutgers, USA
Angélica is an Associate Professor at Rutgers University where she studies how the availability, storage and transfer of energy and matter affects biodiversity, trophic interactions and ecosystem processes.
Charlotte Narr
Southern Illinois, USA
Charlotte is an Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University. She studies the causes and consequences of nutrient flows through aquatic organisms to inform our understanding of aquatic parasite-host interactions and floodplain nutrient management.
Daniel Graeber
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
Daniel is a Group Leader at the Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis and Management in the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. He spends most of his time working on inland water ecosystem stoichiometry and its connections to ecosystem function.
Carly Olson
University of Wyoming, USA
Carly uses both theory and data to ask fundamental questions regarding ecological stoichiometry in freshwater ecosystems.
Isabelle Andersen
Miami University, USA
Isabelle is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is interested in nutrient controls on harmful algal blooms and their effects on aquatic ecosystems.
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