Ecological Stoichiometry beyond Redfield: An Ionomic Perspective on Elemental Homeostasis.

ABSTRACT: Elemental homeostasis has been largely characterized using three important elements that were part of the Redfield ratio (i.e., carbon: nitrogen: phosphorus). These efforts have revealed substantial diversity in homeostasis among taxonomic groups and even within populations. Understanding the evolutionary basis, and ecological consequences of such diversity is a central challenge. Here, we propose that a more complete understanding of homeostasis necessitates the consideration of other elements beyond C, N, and P. Specifically, we posit that physiological complexity underlying maintenance of elemental homeostasis along a single elemental axis impacts processing of other elements, thus altering elemental homeostasis along other axes. Indeed, transcriptomic studies in a wide variety of organ

SUBMITTER: Jeyasingh PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5403914 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature