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Last published 2026
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Halvor M. Halvorson

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Associate Professor

Also affiliated: University of Southern Mississippi (2017–2021)

21 h-index 48 pubs 1,019 cited

  • Ecosystem
  • Animals
  • Carbon
  • Plant Leaves
  • Nitrogen
  • Ecology
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Insecta
  • Phosphorus
  • Invertebrates
  • Biomass
  • Food Chain
  • Rivers
  • Fungi
  • Poaceae

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Halvor M. Halvorson's research group focuses on ecological stoichiometry, investigating the relationships between the elemental composition of organisms and their environments. Halvorson's work explores how nutrient ratios, such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, influence ecological processes including food web dynamics, decomposition, and organismal growth.

His publications address the integration of ecological stoichiometry with trait-based ecology and nutritional geometry, examining concepts of homeostasis and developing integrative models of organism nutrition. Halvorson has also conducted meta-analyses on freshwater food webs to compare ecological stoichiometry in green and brown food webs. His research has investigated how factors like light and dissolved phosphorus interact to affect microbial metabolism and leaf litter decomposition. Additionally, his work has examined how periphytic algae can decouple fungal activity from leaf litter decomposition and how dietary factors influence waste production from detritivores.

Metrics

  • h-index: 21
  • Publications: 48
  • Citations: 1,019

Positions

  • Associate Professor publications 2019–2026
    University of Central Arkansas Institution web page

Selected Publications

  • Aquatic Insect Thermal Responses Vary by Physiological Rate and Diet (2026)
    Freshwater Biology DOI OpenAlex
  • Nutrient and macroinvertebrate mediation of algal priming effects on leaf decomposition in three Nebraska, USA, streams (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Nutrient and macroinvertebrate mediation of algal priming effects on leaf decomposition in three Nebraska, USA, streams (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Nutrient and macroinvertebrate mediation of algal priming effects on leaf decomposition in three Nebraska, USA, streams (2026)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Limno‐ STOICH : A comprehensive database linking the elemental stoichiometry of organisms with inland aquatic habitats (2026)
    Limnology and Oceanography Letters 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Unpacking drivers of heterotrophic N2 fixation across aquatic redox gradients: A mathematical model with bioenergetic and stoichiometric constraints (2025)
    Ecological Modelling DOI OpenAlex
  • Nonlinear thinking in ecology and evolution: applying the threshold elemental ratio across levels of ecological organization (2025)
    Oecologia 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Stream macroinvertebrate associations with water chemistry and habitat in low-gradient basins with minimal anthropogenic land use (2025)
    Hydrobiologia 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Nonlinear thinking in ecology and evolution: The case for ecological scaling of the Threshold Elemental Ratio (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Species identity and diversity of filter‐feeding bivalves impact green and brown food webs (2024)
    Freshwater Biology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Nutrient and stoichiometric time series measurements of decomposing coarse detritus in freshwaters (2023)
    Ecology 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Land use differentially alters microbial interactions and detritivore feeding during leaf decomposition in headwater streams (2023)
    Freshwater Biology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Nutrient and stoichiometry dynamics of decomposing litter in stream ecosystems: A global synthesis (2023)
    Ecology 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Variable stoichiometric and macronutrient responses to lizard predation in Ozark glade grasshopper communities (2022)
    Oecologia 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Global Patterns and Controls of Nutrient Immobilization on Decomposing Cellulose in Riverine Ecosystems (2022)
    Global Biogeochemical Cycles 23 citations DOI OpenAlex

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