Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry
Ecological stoichiometry concerns the way that the elemental composition of organisms shapes their ecology. It deals with the balance or imbalance of elemental ratios and how that affects organism growth, nutrient cycling, and the interactions with the biotic and abiotic worlds. The elemental compos...
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| author | James J. Elser James B. Cotner Dedmer B. Van de Waal Robert W. Sterner Adam C. Martiny |
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| description | Ecological stoichiometry concerns the way that the elemental composition of organisms shapes their ecology. It deals with the balance or imbalance of elemental ratios and how that affects organism growth, nutrient cycling, and the interactions with the biotic and abiotic worlds. The elemental composition of organisms is a set of constraints through which all the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles must pass. All organisms consume nutrients and acquire compounds from the environment proportional to their needs. Organismal elemental needs are determined in turn by the energy required to live and grow, the physical and chemical constraints of their environment, and their requirements for relatively large polymeric biomolecules such as RNA, DNA, lipids, and proteins, as well as for structural needs including stems, bones, shells, etc. These materials together constitute most of the biomass of living organisms. Although there may be little variability in elemental ratios of many of these biomolecules, changing the proportions of different biomolecules can have important effects on organismal elemental composition. Consequently, the variation in elemental composition both within and across organisms can be tremendous, which has important implications for Earth’s biogeochemical cycles. It has been over a decade since the publication of Sterner and Elser’s book, Ecological Stoichiometry (2002). In the intervening years, hundreds of papers on stoichiometric topics ranging from evolution and regulation of nutrient content in organisms, to the role of stoichiometry in populations, communities, ecosystems and global biogeochemical dynamics have been published. Here, we present a collection of contributions from the broad scientific community to highlight recent insights in the field of Ecological Stoichiometry. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-571572024-04-05T17:30:58Z Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry James J. Elser James B. Cotner Dedmer B. Van de Waal Robert W. Sterner Adam C. Martiny QR1-502 Q1-390 ecological scaling Biological stoichiometry ecological theory C:N:P Homeostasis Elemental composition Nutrient recycling thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSG Microbiology (non-medical) Ecological stoichiometry concerns the way that the elemental composition of organisms shapes their ecology. It deals with the balance or imbalance of elemental ratios and how that affects organism growth, nutrient cycling, and the interactions with the biotic and abiotic worlds. The elemental composition of organisms is a set of constraints through which all the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles must pass. All organisms consume nutrients and acquire compounds from the environment proportional to their needs. Organismal elemental needs are determined in turn by the energy required to live and grow, the physical and chemical constraints of their environment, and their requirements for relatively large polymeric biomolecules such as RNA, DNA, lipids, and proteins, as well as for structural needs including stems, bones, shells, etc. These materials together constitute most of the biomass of living organisms. Although there may be little variability in elemental ratios of many of these biomolecules, changing the proportions of different biomolecules can have important effects on organismal elemental composition. Consequently, the variation in elemental composition both within and across organisms can be tremendous, which has important implications for Earth’s biogeochemical cycles. It has been over a decade since the publication of Sterner and Elser’s book, Ecological Stoichiometry (2002). In the intervening years, hundreds of papers on stoichiometric topics ranging from evolution and regulation of nutrient content in organisms, to the role of stoichiometry in populations, communities, ecosystems and global biogeochemical dynamics have been published. Here, we present a collection of contributions from the broad scientific community to highlight recent insights in the field of Ecological Stoichiometry. 2021-02-12T00:09:21Z 2021-02-12T00:09:21Z 2019-01-23 14:53:43 2018 book 32019 16648714 9782889456215 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/57157 eng Frontiers Research Topics image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/4961/progress-in-ecological-stoichiometry Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88945-621-5 10.3389/978-2-88945-621-5 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889456215 382 open access |
| spellingShingle | QR1-502 Q1-390 ecological scaling Biological stoichiometry ecological theory C:N:P Homeostasis Elemental composition Nutrient recycling thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSG Microbiology (non-medical) James J. Elser James B. Cotner Dedmer B. Van de Waal Robert W. Sterner Adam C. Martiny Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry |
| title | Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry |
| title_full | Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry |
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| title_short | Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry |
| title_sort | progress in ecological stoichiometry |
| topic | QR1-502 Q1-390 ecological scaling Biological stoichiometry ecological theory C:N:P Homeostasis Elemental composition Nutrient recycling thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSG Microbiology (non-medical) |
| topic_facet | QR1-502 Q1-390 ecological scaling Biological stoichiometry ecological theory C:N:P Homeostasis Elemental composition Nutrient recycling thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSG Microbiology (non-medical) |
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