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Universal temperature dependence of nutritional demands in ectotherms
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  • Cecilia Laspoumaderes,
  • Cédric Meunier,
  • Amaru Magnin,
  • Johanna Berlinghof,
  • Jim Elser,
  • Esteban Balseiro,
  • Gabriela Torres,
  • Beatriz Modenutti,
  • Nelly Tremblay,
  • Maarten Boersma
Cecilia Laspoumaderes
CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue

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Cédric Meunier
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
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Amaru Magnin
CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue
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Johanna Berlinghof
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
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Jim Elser
University of Montana
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Esteban Balseiro
CONICET-National University of Comahue
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Gabriela Torres
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
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Beatriz Modenutti
CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue
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Nelly Tremblay
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
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Maarten Boersma
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
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Abstract

In light of ongoing climate change, it is increasingly important to know how nutritional requirements of ectotherms are affected by changing temperatures. Here, we analyse the wide thermal response of phosphorus (P) requirements via elemental gross growth efficiencies of Carbon (C) and P, and the Threshold Elemental Ratios in different aquatic invertebrate ectotherms such as the freshwater model species Daphnia magna, the marine copepod Acartia tonsa, the marine heterotrophic dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina, and larvae of two populations of the marine crab Carcinus maenas. We show that they all share a non-linear cubic thermal response of nutrient requirements. Phosphorus requirements decrease from low to intermediate temperatures, increase at higher temperatures, and decrease again when temperature is excessive. This universality in the thermal response of nutrient requirements is of great importance if we aim to understand or even predict how ectotherm communities will react to global warming and nutrient-driven eutrophication.
04 Mar 2022Submitted to Ecology Letters
14 Mar 2022Submission Checks Completed
14 Mar 2022Assigned to Editor
23 Mar 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
21 Apr 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
25 Apr 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Major
22 Jun 20221st Revision Received
23 Jun 2022Assigned to Editor
23 Jun 2022Submission Checks Completed
23 Jun 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
14 Jul 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
18 Jul 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
23 Jul 20222nd Revision Received
25 Jul 2022Assigned to Editor
25 Jul 2022Submission Checks Completed
26 Jul 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
26 Jul 2022Editorial Decision: Accept