Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
J. Elser,Matthew E. S. Bracken,7 Authors,J. Smith
2007 · DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2007.01113.X
Ecology Letters · 4,345 Citations
TLDR
A large-scale meta-analysis of experimental enrichments shows that P limitation is equally strong across these major habitats and that N and P limitation are equivalent within both terrestrial and freshwater systems.