Lau, Danny C P
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
All organisms contain carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in widely ranging amounts and proportions. Integrat-ing existing datasets enables quantification of this variation at global scales. Such efforts could leverage ecologi-cal stoichiometry theory, the study of elemental supply and imbalances in ecological interactions, to connectecological drivers and taxonomic constraints to ecosystem structure and function. Towards this goal, we devel-oped the Limnology Stoichiometric Traits of Organisms In their Chemical Habitats (Limno-STOICH) database.The Limno-STOICH database includes 51,576 observations of organismal elemental stoichiometry from >3100rivers, lakes, wetlands, and other aquatic ecosystem sites on seven continents, derived from 190+ sources. Italso includes extensive spatial and temporal metadata to link elemental stoichiometry with ecosystem type, tro-phic status, etc., and information on organismal data (body size, taxonomic classifications, stable isotope com-position) and water physicochemical parameters. The Limno-STOICH database sets the stage for significantapplications across food web ecology, evolutionary ecology, biogeochemistry, and other disciplines.
Published in
Limnology and Oceanography Letters
2026, volume: 11, number: 2, article number: e70105
SLU Authors
Naddafi, Rahmat
- Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Evolutionary Biology
Environmental Sciences
Ecology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70105
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/145959