Publications from the Sterner Lab
Papers, books, etc. from the Sterner Lab in reverse chronological order. Links are given where available. Hard copies can be requested by email to sternerlab@umn.edu (link sends e-mail).
Links are given where available.
Loken, L., G. E. Small, J. C. Finlay, R. W. Sterner, and E. H. Stanley. 2016. Nitrogen cycling in a freshwater estuary. Biogeochemistry In press.
Phillips, J. C., G. A. McKinley, V. Bennington, H. A. Bootsma, D. J. Pilcher, R. W. Sterner, and N. R. Urban. 2015. The potential for CO2-induced acidification in freshwater: A Great Lakes case study. Oceanography 28:136-145. Online.
Sterner, R. W. 2015. Ocean stoichiometry, global carbon, and climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112: 8162-8163. Online.
Sterner, R. W., J. M. Hood, M. R. Kearney, J. Urabe, and D. Raubenheimer. 2015. Woodstoich III. Couples that have chemistry: When ecological theories meet. Oikos 124:917-919. Online.
Small, G. E., J. B. Cotner, J. C. Finlay, R. A. Stark, and R. W. Sterner. 2014. Nitrogen transformations at the sediment-water interface across redox gradients in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Hydrobiologia 731:95-108. Online.
Small, G. E., R. W. Sterner, and J. C. Finlay. 2014. An ecological network analysis of nitrogen cycling in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Ecological Modelling 293:150-160. Online.
Berges, J. A., Y. Jiang, R. W. Sterner, G. S. Bullerjahn, N. A. Ivanikova, and R. M. L. McKay. 2014. Identification of factors constraining nitrate assimilation in Lake Superior, Laurentian Great Lakes. Hydrobiologia 731:81-94. Online.
Hood, J. M., C. McNeely, J. C. Finlay, and R. W. Sterner. 2014. Selective feeding determines patterns of nutrient release by stream invertebrates. Freshwater Science 33:1093-1107. Online.
Hood, J. M., and R. W. Sterner. 2014. Carbon and phosphorus linkages in Daphnia growth are determined by growth rate, not species or diet. Functional Ecology 28:1156-1165. Online.
Hood, J. M. and R. W. Sterner. 2014. Carbon and phosphorus linkages in Daphnia growth are determined by growth rate, not species or diet. Functional Ecology In press. Online.
Small, G. E., R. W. Sterner, and J. C. Finlay. 2014. An ecological network analysis of nitrogen cycling in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Ecological Modeling In press. Online.
Janke, B. D., J. C. Finlay, S. E. Hobbie, L. A. Baker, R. W. Sterner, D. Nidzgorski, and B. N. Wilson. 2013. Contrasting influences of stormflow and baseflow pathways on nitrogen and phosphorus export from an urban watershed. Biogeochemistry Online.
Hessen, D. O., T. Andersen, J. J. Elser, R. W. Sterner, and J. Urabe. 2013. Ecological Stoichiometry – An elementary approach for basic principles. Limnology and Oceanography: In press.
Berges, J. A., Y. Jiang, R. W. Sterner, G. S. Bullerjahn, N. A. Ivanikova, and R. M. L. McKay. 2013. Identification of factors constraining nitrate assimilation in Lake Superior, Laurentian Great Lakes. Hydrobiologia: DOI 10.1007/s10750-013-1637-z.
Small, G. E., J. B. Cotner, J. Finlay, R. A. Stark, and R. W. Sterner. 2013. Nitrogen transformations at the sediment-water interface across redox gradients in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Hydrobiologia: DOI 10.1007/s10750-013-1569-7.
Finlay, J. C., G. E. Small, and R. W. Sterner. 2013. Human influences on ecosystem nitrogen removal in lakes. Science 342:247-250. DOI 10.1126/science.1242575.
Sun, X., X. Zhou, G. E. Small, R. Sterner, H. Kang, and C. Liu. 2013. Energy storage and C:N:P variation in a holometabolous insect (Curculio davidi Fairmaire) larva across a climate gradient. Journal of Insect Physiology 59:408-415. Online.
Small, G. E., G. S. Bullerjahn, R. W. Sterner, B. F. N. Beall, S. Brovold, J. C. Finlay, R. M. L. McKay, and M. Mukherjee. 2013. Rates and controls of nitrification in a large oligotrophic lake. Limnology and Oceanography 58:276-286. pdf.
Wang, H., R. W. Sterner, and J. J. Elser. 2012. On the “strict homeostasis” assumption in ecological stoichiometry. Ecological Modeling 243:81-88. Online.
Mulder, C., A. Boit, S. Mori, J. A. Vonk, S. D. Dyer, L. Faggiano, S. Geisen, A. González, M. Kaspari, S. Lavorel, P. A. Marquet, A. G. Rossberg, R. W. Sterner, W. Voigt, and D. H. Wall. 2012. Distributional (In)Congruence of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning. Advances in Ecological Research 46:1-88. Online.
Sterner, R. W. 2012. “Raymond Laurel Lindeman and the Trophic Dynamic Viewpoint.”Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 21:38-51. Also appeared in booklet form as Sterner, R.W. 2012. Raymond Laurel Lindeman and the Trophic Dynamic Viewpoint. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Waco, TX. Preprint
Sterner RW. 2011. C:N:P stoichiometry in Lake Superior: Freshwater sea as end member. Inland Waters 1: 29-46. Preprint.
Jeyasingh PD, Ragavendran A, Lopez JA, Colbourne JK, and Sterner RW. 2011. How do consumers deal with stoichiometric constraints? Lessons from functional genomics using Daphnia pulex. Molecular Ecology Online.
Hood, J. M. and R. W. Sterner. 2010. Diet mixing: Do animals integrate growth or resources across temporal heterogeneity? The American Naturalist 176: 651-663. Online.
Kumar, S., J. C. Finlay, and R. W. Sterner. 2010. Isotopic composition of nitrogen in suspended particular matter of Lake Superior: implications for nutrient cycling and organic matter transformation. Biogeochemistry: 103: 1-14. Published online.
Yokota, K. and R. W. Sterner. 2010. Tradeoffs limiting the evolution of coloniality: Ecological displacement rates used to measure small costs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278: 458-463. Published online.
Sterner, R.W. 2010. In situ measured primary production in Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36: 139-149. Preprint. Final article available throughsciencedirect.
Jeyasingh PD, Weider LJ, Sterner RW . 2009. Genetically-based trade-offs in response to stoichiometric food quality influence competition in a keystone aquatic herbivore. Ecology Letters 12: 1220-1237.
Sterner RW, Elser JJ 2009. Stoichiometry. In Levin SA, Carpenter SR, Godfray CJ, Kinzig AP, Loreau M, Losos JB, Walker B, Wilcove DS (eds) The Princeton Guide to Ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
Sterner, R. W. 2009. Role of zooplankton in aquatic ecosystems. Encyclopedia of inland waters. Elsevier.
Sterner, R. W. 2009. Nutrient stoichiometry in aquatic ecosystems. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Elsevier.
Sterner, R. W. 2008. On the phosphorus limitation paradigm for lakes. International Review of Hydrobiology 93: 433-445. Free access to final article.
Kumar S, Sterner RW, Finlay J. 2008. Nitrogen and carbon uptake dynamics in Lake Superior. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 113:G04003.
Sterner, R. W., T. Andersen, J. J. Elser, D. O. Hessen, J. M. Hood, E. McCauley, and J. Urabe. 2008. Scale-dependent carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus seston stoichiometry in marine and freshwaters. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 1169-1180. pdf.
Sterner, R. W., and J. J. Elser. 2008. Ecological Stoichiometry: Overview. In Jørgensen SE, Fath BD (eds) Encyclopedia of Ecology, vol 2. Elsevier, Oxford, pp 1101-1116.
Finlay, J., R. W. Sterner, and S. Kumar. 2007. Isotopic evidence for in-lake production of accumulating nitrate in Lake Superior. Ecological Applications 17: 2323-2332. pdf
Kumar, S., R. W. Sterner, J. Finlay, and S. Brovold. 2007. Spatial and temporal variation of ammonium in Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33: 581-591. pdf
Sterner, R. W., E. Anagnostou, S. Brovold, G. Bullerjahn, J. Finlay, S. Kumar, R. M. L. McKay, and R. M. Sherrell. 2007. Increasing stoichiometric imbalance in Earth's largest lake. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L10406, doi:10.1029/2006GL028861.
Ivanikova, N. V., R. M. L. McKay, G. S. Bullerjahn, and R. W. Sterner. 2007. Nitrate utilization in Lake Superior is impaired by low nutrient (P, Fe) availability and seasonal light limitation - a cyanobacterial bioreporter study. Journal of Phycology 43: 475-484. pdf
Hendrixson, H. A., R. W. Sterner, and A. D. Kay. 2007. Elemental stoichiometry of freshwater fish in relation to phylogeny, allometry and ecology. Journal of Fish Biology 70:121-140. pdf
Kay, A. D., S. Rostampour, and R. W. Sterner. 2006. Ant stoichiometry: elemental homeostasis in stage-structured colonies. Functional Ecology 20:1037-1044. pdf
Hood, J. M., S. Brovold, R. W. Sterner, M. Villar-Argaiz, and K. D. Zimmer. 2006. Near-infrared spectrometry (NIRS) for the analysis of seston carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus from diverse sources. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 4: 96-104. pdf
Zimmer, K. D., B. R. Herwig, and L. M. Laurich. 2006. Nutrient excretion by fish in wetland ecosystems and its potential to support algal production. Limnology and Oceanography 51:197-207. pdf
McKay, R. M. L., D. Porta, G. S. Bullerjahn, M. Al-Rshaidat, J. Klimowicz, R. W. Sterner, T. M. Smutka, E. T. Brown, and R. M. Sherrell. 2005. Bioavailable iron in oligotrophic Lake Superior assessed using biological reporters. Journal of Plankton Research 27:1033-1044. pdf
Sterner, R. W. 2005. Between Hazards of Starvation and Risk of Predation: The Ecology of Offshore Animals (review). SIL News 45:9.
McKay, R. M. L., G. S. Bullerjahn, D. Porta, E. T. Brown, R. M. Sherrell, T. M. Smutka, R. W. Sterner, M. R. Twiss, and S. W. Wilhelm. 2004. Consideration of the bioavailability of iron in the North American Great Lakes: Development of novel approaches toward understanding iron biogeochemistry. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 7:475-490. pdf
Sterner, R. W. 2004. A one resource "stoichiometry"? Ecology 2004:1813-1816. pdf
Sterner, R. W., T. M. Smutka, R. M. L. McKay, Q. Xiaoming, E. T. Brown, and R. M. Sherrell. 2004. Phosphorus and trace metal limitation of algae and bacteria in Lake Superior. Limnology and Oceanography 49:495-507. pdf
Elser, J. J., K. Acharya, M. Kyle, J. Cotner, W. Makino, T. Markow, T. Watts, S. Hobbie, W. Fagan, J. Schade, J. Hood, and R. W. Sterner. 2003. Growth rate - stoichiometry couplings in diverse biota. Ecology Letters 6:936-943. pdf
Makino, W., J. B. Cotner, R. W. Sterner, and J. J. Elser. 2003. Are bacteria more like plants or animals? Growth rate and resource dependence of bacterial C:N:P stoichiometry. Functional Ecology 17:121-130. pdf
Ollinger, S., O. Sala, G. Agren, B. Berg, E. Davidson, C. Field, M. Lerdau, J. Neff, M. Scholes, and R. Sterner. 2003. New frontiers in the study of element interactions. Pages 63-91 in J. M. Mellilo, C. B. Field, and B. Moldan, editors. SCOPE RAP Assessment on Element Interactions. Island Press, Washington.
Hendrixson, H. A. 2002. Stoichiometry of freshwater fish in relation to allometry and phylogeny, and the role of skeleton in fish stoichiometry. University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
Sterner, R. W., and J. J. Elser. 2002. Ecological Stoichiometry: The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. Publisher web site
Villar-Argaiz, M., and R. W. Sterner. 2002. Life history bottlenecks in Diaptomus clavipesinduced by phosphorus-limited algae. Limnology and Oceanography 47:1229-1233. pdf
Plevan, A. 2001. Controls on biomass:nutrient ratios in stream algae. M.S.University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
Sterner, R. W., and M. Schwalbach. 2001. Diel integration of food quality by Daphnia: Luxury consumption by a freshwater planktonic herbivore (see erratum v. 49 p. 314). Limnology and Oceanography 46:410-416. pdf
Thompson, J. N., O. J. Reichman, P. J. Morin, G. A. Polis, M. E. Power, R. W. Sterner, C. A. Couch, L. Gough, R. Holt, H. D.U., F. Keesing, C. R. Lovell, B. T. Milne, M. C. Molles, D. W. Roberts, and S. Y. Strauss. 2001. Frontiers of Ecology. BioScience 51:15-24.
Urabe, J., and R. W. Sterner. 2001. Contrasting effects of different types of resource depletion on life history traits in Daphnia. Functional Ecology 15:165-174. pdf
Adams, T. S., and R. W. Sterner. 2000. The effect of dietary nitrogen content on trophic level d15N enrichment. Limnology and Oceanography 45:601-607. pdf
Elser, J. J., W. F. Fagan, R. F. Denno, D. A. Dobberfuhl, A. Folarin, A. Huberty, S. Interlandi, S. S. Kilham, E. McCauley, K. L. Schulz, E. H. Siemann, and R. W. Sterner. 2000. Nutritional constraints in terrestrial and freshwater food webs. Nature 408:578-580. pdf
Elser, J. J., R. W. Sterner, A. E. Galford, T. H. Chrzanowski, D. L. Findlay, K. H. Mills, M. J. Paterson, M. P. Stainton, and D. W. Schindler. 2000. Pelagic C:N:P stoichiometry in a eutrophied lake: Responses to a whole-lake food-web manipulation. Ecosystems3:293-307. pdf
Elser, J. J., R. W. Sterner, E. Gorokhova, W. F. Fagan, T. A. Markow, J. B. Cotner, J. F. Harrison, S. E. Hobbie, G. M. Odell, and L. J. Weider. 2000. Biological stoichiometry from genes to ecosystems. Ecology Letters 3:540-550. pdf
Galford, A. E. 2000. Small enclosures for aquatic ecology experiments. The American Biology Teacher 62:424-428.
Galford, A. E., and R. W. Sterner. 2000. Correlations and seasonal patterns in grazing and potential phytoplankton growth. Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie. Verhandlungen 27:1-5. pdf
Schulz, K. L., and R. W. Sterner. 2000. Zooplankton food quality in large lakes - growth of Daphnia on high P content seston from Lake Superior. Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie. Verhandlungen. 27:1855-1860.
Sterner, R. W., and N. B. George. 2000. Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry of cyprinid fishes. Ecology 81:127-140. pdf
Sterner, R. W., J. H. Schampel, K. L. Schulz, A. E. Galford, and J. J. Elser. 2000. Joint variation of zooplankton and seston stoichiometry in lakes and reservoirs. Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie. Verhandlungen 27:1-6. pdf
Adams, T. S. 1999. Dietary nitrogen and variation in organismal stable nitrogen isotope content. M.S.University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
Grover, J. P., R. W. Sterner, and J. L. Robinson. 1999. Algal growth in warm temperate reservoirs: nutrient-dependent kinetics of individual taxa and seasonal patterns of dominance. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 145:1-23.
Schulz, K. L., and R. W. Sterner. 1999. Phytoplankton phosphorus limitation and food quality for Bosmina. Limnology and Oceanography 44:1549-1556. pdf
Elser, J. J., T. H. Chrzanowski, R. W. Sterner, and K. H. Mills. 1998. Stoichiometric constraints on food-web dynamics: A whole-lake experiment on the Canadian Shield. Ecosystems 1:120-136. pdf
Sterner, R. W. 1998. Demography of a natural population of Daphnia retrocurvain a lake with low food quality. Journal of Plankton Research 20:471-490.
Sterner, R. W., J. Clasen, W. Lampert, and T. Weisse. 1998. Carbon:phosphorus stoichiometry and food chain production. Ecology Letters 1:146-150. pdf
Sterner, R. W., and J. P. Grover. 1998. Algal growth in warm temperate reservoirs: kinetic examination of nitrogen, temperature, light and other nutrients. Water Research32:3539-3548.
Sterner, R. W., and K. L. Schulz. 1998. Zooplankton nutrition: Recent progress and a reality check. Aquatic Ecology 32:261-279.
Chrzanowski, T. H., M. Kyle, J. J. Elser, and R. W. Sterner. 1997. Element ratios and growth dynamics of bacteria in an oligotrophic Canadian shield lake. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 11:119-125.
Sterner, R. W. 1997. Modelling interactions of food quality and quantity in homeostatic consumers. Freshwater Biology 38:473-481. pdf
Sterner, R. W., A. Bajpai, and T. Adams. 1997. The enigma of food chain length: absence of theoretical evidence for dynamical constraints. Ecology 78:2258-2262. pdf
Sterner, R. W., J. J. Elser, E. J. Fee, S. J. Guildford, and T. H. Chrzanowski. 1997. The light:nutrient ratio in lakes: The balance of energy and materials affects ecosystem structure and process. The American Naturalist 150:663-684. pdf
Urabe, J., J. Clasen, and R. W. Sterner. 1997. Phosphorus-limitation of Daphnia growth: Is it real? Limnology and Oceanography 42:1436-1443. pdf
Chrzanowski, T. H., M. Kyle, J. J. Elser, and R. W. Sterner. 1996. Element ratios and growth dynamics of bacteria in an oligotrophic Canadian Shield lake. Microbial Ecology11:119-125.
Sterner, R. W., J. J. Elser, T. H. Chrzanowski, J. H. Schampel, and N. B. George. 1996. Biogeochemistry and trophic ecology: a new food web diagram. Pages 72-80 in G. A. Polis and K. O. Winemiller, editors. Food Webs: Integration of Patterns and Dynamics. Chapman and Hall, New York, NY.
Urabe, J., and R. W. Sterner. 1996. Regulation of herbivore growth by the balance of light and nutrients. Proceedings of the National Academyof Science of the United States of America 93:8465-8469.
Chrzanowski, T. H., R. W. Sterner, and J. J. Elser. 1995. Nutrient enrichment and nutrient regeneration stimulate bacterioplankton growth. Microbial Ecology 29:221-230.
Elser, J. J., T. H. Chrzanowski, R. W. Sterner, J. H. Schampel, and D. K. Foster. 1995. Elemental ratios and the uptake and release of nutrients by phytoplankton and bacteria in three lakes of the Canadian Shield. Microbial Ecology 29:145-162.
Sterner, R. W. 1995. Elemental stoichiometry of species in ecosystems. Pages 240-252in C. Jones and J. Lawton, editors. Linking Species and Ecosystems. Chapman and Hall, New York, NY. pdf
Sterner, R. W., T. H. Chrzanowski, J. J. Elser, and N. B. George. 1995. Sources of nitrogen and phosphorus supporting the growth of bacterio- and phytoplankton in an oligotrophic Canadian shield lake. Limnology and Oceanography 40:242-249. pdf
Sterner, R. W. 1994. Seasonal and spatial patterns in macro and micro nutrient limitation in Joe Pool Lake, Texas. Limnology and Oceanography 39:535-550. pdf
Sterner, R. W., and D. O. Hessen. 1994. Algal nutrient limitation and the nutrition of aquatic herbivores. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 25:1-29. pdf
Sterner, R. W., and J. Robinson. 1994. Thresholds for growth in Daphnia magna with high and low phosphorus diets. Limnology and Oceanography 39:1229-1233. pdf
Sterner, R. W. 1993. Daphnia growth on varying quality of Scenedesmus : Mineral limitation of zooplankton. Ecology 74:2351-2360. pdf
Sterner, R. W., D.D. Hagemeier, W. L. Smith, and R. F. Smith. 1993. Phytoplankton nutrient limitation and food quality for Daphnia. Limnology and Oceanography 38:857-871. pdf
Sterner, R. W., and R. F. Smith. 1993. Clearance, ingestion and release of N and P byDaphnia pulex feeding on Scenedesmus acutus of varying quality. Bulletin of Marine Science 53:228-239.
Sorensen, K. H., and R. W. Sterner. 1992. Extreme cyclomorphosis in Daphnia lumholtzi. Freshwater Biology 28:257-262.
Sterner, R. W., J. J. Elser, and D. O. Hessen. 1992. Stoichiometric relationships among producers and consumers in food webs. Biogeochemistry 17:49-67. pdf
Sterner, R. W., D.D. Hagemeier, R. F. Smith, and W. L. Smith. 1992. Lipid-ovary indices in food-limited Daphnia. Journal of Plankton Research 14:1449-1460.
Sterner, R. W. 1990. Lakemorphometry and light in the surface layer. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:687-692.
Sterner, R. W. 1990. The ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus resupplied by herbivores: Zooplankton and the algal competitive arena. The American Naturalist 136:209-229.pdf
Sterner, R. W. 1990. Resource competition and the autecology of pennate diatoms. Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie. Verhandlungen 24:518-523.
Sterner, R. W. 1989. Resource competition during seasonal succession toward cyanobacteria. Ecology 70:229-245. pdf
Sterner, R. W. 1989. The role of grazers in phytoplankton succession. Pages 107-170 inU. Sommer, editor. Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
Sterner, R. W. 1986. Herbivores' direct and indirect effects on algal populations. Science231:605-607.
Sterner, R. W., C. A. Ribic, and G. E. Schatz. 1986. Testing for life historical changes in spatial patterns of four tropical tree species. Journal of Ecology 74:621-633. pdf
Tilman, D., R. Kiesling, R. Sterner, S. S. Kilham, and F. A. Johnson. 1986. Green, bluegreen and diatom algae: Taxonomic differences in competitive ability for phosphorus, silicon and nitrogen. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 106:473-485.
Williamson, G. B., G. E. Schatz, A. Avlarado, C. S. Redhead, A. C. Stam, and R. W. Sterner. 1986. Effects of repeated fires on tropical paramo vegetation. Tropical Ecology 27:62-69.
Tilman, D., and R. W. Sterner. 1984. Invasions of equilibria: tests of resource competition theory using two species of algae. Oecologia 61:197-200.
Young, D. A., and R. W. Sterner. 1981. Leaf flavonoids of primitive dicotyledonous angiosperms: Degeneria vitiensis and Idiospermum australiense. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 9:185-187.
Sterner, R. W., and D. A. Young. 1980. Flavonoid chemistry and the phylogenetic relationships of the Idiospermaceae. Systematic Botany 5:432-437.