A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals

A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Vanni, M., McIntyre, P., Allen, D., Arnott, D., Benstead, J., Berg, D., Brabrand, Å., Brosse, S., Bukaveckas, P., Caliman, A., Capps, K., Carneiro, L., Chadwick, N., Christian, A., Clarke, A., Conroy, J., Cross, W., Culver, D., Dalton, C., Devine, J., Domine, L., Evans-White, M., Faafeng, B., Flecker, A., Gido, K., Godinot, C., Guariento, R., Haertel-Borer, S., Hall, R., Henry, R., Herwig, B., Hicks, B., Higgins, K., Hood, J., Hopton, M., Ikeda, T., James, W., Jansen, H., Johnson, C., Koch, B., Lamberti, G., Lessard-Pilon, S., Maerz, J., Mather, M., McManamay, R., Milanovich, J., Morgan, D., Moslemi, J., Naddafi, R., Nilssen, J., Pagano, M., Pilati, A., Post, D., Roopin, M., Rugenski, A., Schaus, M., Shostell, J., Small, G., Solomon, C., Sterrett, S., Strand, Ø., Tarvainen, M., Taylor, J., Torres-Gerald, L., Turner, C., Urabe, J., Uye, S., Ventelä, A., Villeger, S., Whiles, M., Wilhelm, F., Wilson, H., Xenopoulos, M., & Zimmer, K. Ecology, 2017.
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Animals can be important in modulating ecosystem-level nutrient cycling, although their importance varies greatly among species and ecosystems. Nutrient cycling rates of individual animals represent valuable data for testing the predictions of important frameworks such as the Metabolic Theory of Ecology (MTE) and ecological stoichiometry (ES). They also represent an important set of functional traits that may reflect both environmental and phylogenetic influences. Over the past two decades, studies of animal-mediated nutrient cycling have increased dramatically, especially in aquatic ecosystems. Here we present a global compilation of aquatic animal nutrient excretion rates. The dataset includes 10,534 observations from freshwater and marine animals of N and/or P excretion rates. These observations represent 491 species, including most aquatic phyla. Coverage varies greatly among phyla and other taxonomic levels. The dataset includes information on animal body size, ambient temperature, taxonomic affiliations, and animal body N:P. This data set was used to test predictions of MTE and ES, as described in Vanni and McIntyre (2016; Ecology DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1582).

@article{vanni_global_2017,
	title = {A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals},
	volume = {98},
	copyright = {All rights reserved},
	doi = {10.1002/ecy.1792},
	abstract = {Animals can be important in modulating ecosystem-level nutrient cycling, although their importance varies greatly among species and ecosystems. Nutrient cycling rates of individual animals represent valuable data for testing the predictions of important frameworks such as the Metabolic Theory of Ecology (MTE) and ecological stoichiometry (ES). They also represent an important set of functional traits that may reflect both environmental and phylogenetic influences. Over the past two decades, studies of animal-mediated nutrient cycling have increased dramatically, especially in aquatic ecosystems. Here we present a global compilation of aquatic animal nutrient excretion rates. The dataset includes 10,534 observations from freshwater and marine animals of N and/or P excretion rates. These observations represent 491 species, including most aquatic phyla. Coverage varies greatly among phyla and other taxonomic levels. The dataset includes information on animal body size, ambient temperature, taxonomic affiliations, and animal body N:P. This data set was used to test predictions of MTE and ES, as described in Vanni and McIntyre (2016; Ecology DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1582).},
	number = {5},
	journal = {Ecology},
	author = {Vanni, M.J. and McIntyre, P.B. and Allen, D. and Arnott, D.L. and Benstead, J.P. and Berg, D.J. and Brabrand, Å. and Brosse, S. and Bukaveckas, P.A. and Caliman, A. and Capps, K.A. and Carneiro, L.S. and Chadwick, N.E. and Christian, A.D. and Clarke, A. and Conroy, J.D. and Cross, W.F. and Culver, D.A. and Dalton, C.M. and Devine, J.A. and Domine, L.M. and Evans-White, M.A. and Faafeng, B.A. and Flecker, A.S. and Gido, K.B. and Godinot, C. and Guariento, R.D. and Haertel-Borer, S. and Hall, R.O. and Henry, R. and Herwig, B.R. and Hicks, B.J. and Higgins, K.A. and Hood, J.M. and Hopton, M.E. and Ikeda, T. and James, W.F. and Jansen, H.M. and Johnson, C.R. and Koch, B.J. and Lamberti, G.A. and Lessard-Pilon, S. and Maerz, J.C. and Mather, M.E. and McManamay, R.A. and Milanovich, J.R. and Morgan, D.K.J. and Moslemi, J.M. and Naddafi, R. and Nilssen, J.P. and Pagano, M. and Pilati, A. and Post, D.M. and Roopin, M. and Rugenski, A.T. and Schaus, M.H. and Shostell, J. and Small, G.E. and Solomon, C.T. and Sterrett, S.C. and Strand, Ø. and Tarvainen, M. and Taylor, J.M. and Torres-Gerald, L.E. and Turner, C.B. and Urabe, J. and Uye, S.-I. and Ventelä, A.-M. and Villeger, S. and Whiles, M.R. and Wilhelm, F.M. and Wilson, H.F. and Xenopoulos, M.A. and Zimmer, K.D.},
	year = {2017},
	keywords = {body size, ecological stoichiometry, freshwater and marine ecosystems (lakes, invertebrates, metabolic ecology, nitrogen excretion, nutrient cycling, phosphorus excretion, rivers an, temperature, vertebrates},
}

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