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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 02:36, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

what about in terrestrial systems? isn't it usually the case the nitrogen is also a limiting nutrient in streams as well as in forests?

also, lakes tend to be phosphorus limited, the discussion of freshwater ecosystems ignores the differences between lakes and streams.

Example:

Let's say there is a drought. All of the lakes and ponds are dried up. The only sorce of water is a small river aproximitly 3 days away by car. Many plants, animals, and some humans, are dying of thirst. The population steeply declines. This is a limited factor, because there is a certain amount of a source needed by all of life that is not in imediate reach. What makes it a true limited factor is that it makes a large difference in the population.

(Just a little note to people who find all of that jumble of paraphanalia too confusing to decifer.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.149.49.56 (talk) 22:29, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of limiting factors in chemistry? Stoichiometry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.86.95 (talk) 22:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for an important note! A section has been added to explain limiting reagents. Tips like yours help fill out missing links.Rgdboer (talk) 02:25, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Hey, it looks like this page could use some expanding. I've started editing and will continue to improve/add information over the next few days OhValencia (talk) 12:31, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To Limiting_factor#Ecology specifically, at least (parts of) the text. Per the single reference given at that article, the terms are synonymous. In my experience "limiting factor" is the most common terminology. And this is a better written and referenced article. Leo Breman (talk) 11:08, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Y Merge completed Klbrain (talk) 16:41, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]