The eutrophication of freshwaters is a global health concern as lakes with excess nutrients are often subject to toxic cyanobacterial blooms. Although phosphorus is considered the main element regulating cyanobacterial biomass, nitrogen (N) concentration and more specifically the availability of different N forms may influence the overall toxicity of blooms. In this study of three eutrophic lak...

Two experiments were conducted to study the effects of increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition and elevated CO2 on investment in carnivory by two sundew species, Drosera rotundifolia and D. intermedia. A field study was conducted with D. rotundifolia at Inverness Mud Lake Bog in Inverness Twp., MI where plants were exposed to simulated future increases in atmospheric nitrogen deposition predi...

Model predictions of biogeochemical fluxes at the landscape scale are highly uncertain, both with respect to stochastic (parameter) and structural uncertainty. In this study 5 different models (LASCAM, LASCAM-S, a selfdeveloped tool, SWAT and HBV-N-D) designed to simulate hydrological fluxes as well as mobilisation and transport of one or several nitrogen species were applied to the mesoscale R...

• Understanding and predicting the impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2, elevated nitrogen deposition, and decreases in plant diversity require better understanding of the way in which plant species influence soil CO2 flux. • In experimental grassland plots where atmospheric CO2, nitrogen supply, and species composition and diversity were manipulated, species effects on soil CO2 flux during 19 s...

Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii cause meningoencephalitis and are an increasing human health threat. These pathogenic Cryptococcus species are neurotropic and persist in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the mammalian host during infection. In order to survive in the host, pathogenic fungi must procure nutrients, such as carbon and nitrogen, from the CSF. To enhance our understanding of nu...

Strong positive correlations between the maximum rate of canopy photosynthesis, canopy-averaged foliar nitrogen concentration, and canopy albedo have been shown in previous studies. While leaf-level relationships between photosynthetic capacity and foliar nitrogen are well documented, it is not clear whether leaf-level relationships between solarweighted reflectance and nitrogen underlie the ca...

Anthropogenic drivers of environmental change often have multiple effects, including changes in biodiversity, species composition, and ecosystem functioning. It remains unknown whether such shifts in biodiversity and species composition may, themselves, be major contributors to the total, long-term impacts of anthropogenic drivers on ecosystem functioning. Moreover, although numerous experiment...