Talk:Limiting factor
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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)
