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Limnology

the food carbon to nutrient ratio at which a consumer's growth switches from carbon limitation to nutrient limitation.

In limnology, threshold elemental ratio refers to the food carbon to nutrient ratio at which a consumer's growth switches from carbon limitation to nutrient limitation. This meaning comes from Frost (2006) in Ecology Letters.[1]

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References

Frost, P. C., Benstead, J. P., Cross, W. F., Hillebrand, H., Larson, J. H., Xenopoulos, M. A., & Yoshida, T. (2006). Threshold elemental ratios of carbon and phosphorus in aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters, 9(7), 774-779. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00919.x

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