@article{856320,
      recid = {856320},
      author = {García-Oliva, Felipe, and Elser, James, and Souza,  Valeria,},
      title = {Ecosystem ecology and geochemistry of Cuatro Cienegas :  how to survive in an extremely oligotrophic site /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {Carbon (C), Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) are three of  the most important elements used to build living beings,  and their uptake from the environment is consequently  essential for all organisms. Photosynthesis is the process  in which plants absorb atmospheric C as they grow and  convert it to biomass. However, plants acquire N and P only  when these are available in the soil solution, which makes  these elements the most limiting nutrients in plant growth  and productivity in most ecosystems. When plant residues  and roots decompose, the C, N and P they contain is  transformed primarily into soil organic matter (SOM) or C  and N can release to the atmosphere. Recent interest on the  global C, N and P cycles has focused attention on the  different proportion of terrestrial C, N and P stored in  different ecosystem pools. Cuatro Cienegas represents an  exceptional place, since the plants are not the base of the  food web, they are the microbial community, that recycle  the elements essential for life. In this book we describe  how this is an analog of early Earth.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/856320},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95855-2},
}