📋 Tender Overview
Mapping Metabolic Responses To Understand Coexistence And Community Functioning
Objective
The metabolism of organisms affects the productivity of populations and communities. However, the relationship between organismal metabolism and species interactions has been scarcely explored. Hence, predicting the rates at which entire communities flux energy and resources remains difficult. My work shows that the metabolism of organisms measured in isolation does not reflect their performance in communities because species interactions alter how organisms uptake and expend resources. Understanding how such interactions affect metabolism is essential to estimate productivity and how it will change with biodiversity loss and global warming. I propose to use marine phytoplankton as a model laboratory system to determine how metabolic responses to competitors affect coexistence and community functioning.
Funded Under
European Research Council (Erc)
Total Cost
€ 1 488 550,00
Eu Contribution
€ 1 488 550,00
Coordinated By
Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian
Portugal
