The fact that all life is chemical underpins the developing field of ecological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of chemical elements in ecological inter... » 

The fact that all life is chemical underpins the developing field of ecological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of chemical elements in ecological interactions. This book synthesizes a wide range of knowledge and shows how an understanding of the biochemical deployment of elements in organisms from microbes to metazoa provides the key to making sense of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. «