James Elser

James Elser

Research Professor, School of Life Sciences
Research Professor, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance
Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
  • j.elser@asu.edu
  • 480-965-9747
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  • School of Life Sciences ASU Tempe, AZ 85287
  • Mail code: 8204
    Campus: Tempe
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James Elser investigates the theory of biological stoichiometry — the study of the balance of energy and multiple chemical elements in living systems. He and his international team of collaborators seek to understand how the coupling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus shapes the ecology and evolution of living things.

To do so, they work with a diversity of ecosystems (from lakes and deserts, to hot springs and grasslands), biota (plankton to insects, and pandas to tumors), and approaches (laboratory chemostats, field experiments and mathematical models).

Professor Elser played a major role in establishing ASU’s Sustainable Phosphorus Initiative and is now Director of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance. Through these efforts, he seeks to help create a sustainable food system by closing the human P cycle.

 

Education

Ph.D.University of California-Davis 1990

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Research Interests

My research involves the integrative field of biological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of energy and multiple chemical elements in living systems. While this work is primarily ecological in focus and includes studies of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and biota, the approach uses an evolutionary perspective to integrate levels of organization from the molecule and cell to the ecosystem. Studies involve observational and experimental studies at various scales, including laboratory cultures, short-term field experiments and sustained whole-ecosystem manipulations. Over the years, field sites have included lakes of Colorado, Ontario, Norway and Arctic Alaska; lakes, forests, and grasslands of the upper Midwest; desert springs in Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert; grasslands of Inner Mongolia; and the surrounding Sonoran Desert. In addition, I collaborate extensively with mathematicians to develop formal theoretical approaches to these questions. For more information: http://www.elserlab.asu.edu/index.html

Publications

Since 2010

300.  Isanta-Navarro, J., C. Prater, L.M. Peoples, I. Loladze, T. Phan, P.D. Jeyasingh, M.J. Church, Y. Kuang and J.J. Elser. Revisiting the Growth Rate Hypothesis: towards a holistic stoichiometric understanding of growth.  Ecology Letters. 299. Laspoumaderes, C., C. L. Meunier, A. Magnin, J. Berlinghof, J.J. Elser, E. Balseiro, G. Torres, B. Modenutti, N. Tremblay, and M. Boersma.  Universal temperature dependence of nutritional demands in ectotherms.  Ecology Letters. 298.  Hirama, F., J. Urabe, H. Doi, T, Kazama, T. Noguchi, T. Tappenbeck, I. Katano, M. Yamamichi, T. Yoshida, and J.J. Elser. Terrigenous subsidies in lakes support zooplankton production mainly via a green food chain and not the brown food chain.  Frontiers Ecology & Evolution.

2022 

297.  Xiong, X., T. H. Tappenbeck, C. Wu, and J.J. Elser. 2022. Microplastics in in Flathead Lake, a large oligotrophic mountain lake in the USA.  Environmental Pollution 206: 119445. 296.  Phan, T., C. He, I. Loladze, C. Prater, J.J. Elser, and Y. Kuang. 2022. Dynamics and growth rate implications of ribosomes and mRNA interactions in Escherichia coli.  Heliyon 8 (7): e09820. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09820 295.  Elser, J.J., S.P. Devlin, J. Yu, A. Baumann, M.J. Church, J.E. Dore, R.O. Hall, Jr., M. Hollar, T. Johnson, T. Vick-Majors, and C. White. 2022. Sustained stoichiometric imbalance and its ecological consequences in a large oligotrophic lake. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 119 (30): e2202268119 294.  Ren, Z., H. Gao, W. Luo, and J.J. Elser. 2022. Bacterial communities in surface and basal ice of a glacier terminus in the headwaters of Yangtze River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Environ Microbiome 7:12. 293.  Ren, Z., H. Gao, W. Luo, and J.J. Elser. 2022. C:N:P stoichiometry in six distinct habitats of a glacier terminus in the Yangtze River Source Area.  Biogeochemistry 158: 181–194 292.  Tong, Y., J.J. Elser, and W. Xuejun. 2022. Unintended nutrient imbalance induced by wastewater effluent input to receiving water and its ecological consequences. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 16: 149.

2021 

291.  Butler, O., T. Lewis, S. Maunsell, M. Rezaei Rashti, J.J. Elser, B. Mackey, and C. Chen. 2021. The stoichiometric signature of high-frequency fire in forest floor food webs.  Ecol. Monogr. 91: e01477.  doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1477 290.  Wainright, C.A., C.C. Muhlfeld, J.J. Elser, S.L. Bourret, and S.P. Devlin. 2021. Species invasion progressively disrupts the trophic structure of native food webs. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 118 (45): e2102179118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2102179118   289.  Chan, N.I., B. Rittmann, and J.J. Elser. 2021. Suitability of an algal biofuel species, Scenedesmus acutus, as a fertilizer for growth of conventional and genetically modified lettuce. HortScience 56: 589–594. 288.  Ren, Z., Z Wang, Y. Wang, P. Ma, D. Niu, H. Fu, and J.J. Elser. 2021. Soil bacterial communities vary with grassland degradation in the Qinghai Lake watershed.  Plant and Soil 460: 541-557. doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04823-7

2020 

287.  Elser, J.J., and P.M. Haygarth. 2020. Phosphorus: Past and Future. Oxford University Press. 286.  Yu, J., M. Xia, H. Hea, E. Jeppesen, B. Guana, Z. Ren, J.J. Elser, and Z. Liu. 2020. The host mussel Sinanodonta woodiana alleviates negative effects of a small omnivorous fish (Acheilognathus macropterus) on water quality: A mesocosm experiment.  Freshwater Science 39: 752–761 285.  Yu, J., M, Xia, W. Zhen, R. Shen, H. He, B. Guan, J. J. Elser, and Z. Liu. 2020. Density-dependent effects of omnivorous bitterling (Acheilognathus macropterus) on nutrient and plankton communities: implications for lake management and restoration. Hydrobiologia 847: 3309–3319 284.  Elser, J.J, and 27 others. 2020. Key rules of life and the fading cryosphere: impacts in alpine lakes and streams. Global Change Biology 26: 6644-6656.  doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15362 283.  Six, D. and J.J. Elser. 2020. Mutualism is not restricted to tree-killing bark beetles and fungi: The ecological stoichiometry of secondary bark beetles, fungi, and a scavenger. Ecol. Entomol. 45: 1134-1145. doi.org/10.1111/een.12897 282.  Ren, Z., D. Niu, P. Ma, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, H. Fu, and J.J. Elser. 2020. C:N:P stoichiometry and nutrient limitation of stream biofilms impacted by grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Biogeochemistry 150: 31-44.  doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00685-4 281.  Ren, Z., D. Niu, P. Ma, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, H. Fu, and J.J. Elser. 2020. Bacterial communities in stream biofilms in a degrading grassland watershed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Frontiers Microbiol. 11: 1021. 280.  Tong, Y., M. Wang, J. Peñuelas, X. Liu, H.W. Paerl, J.J. Elser, J. Sardans, R.-M. Couture, T. Larssen, H. Hu, X. Dong, W. He, W. Zhang, X. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, S. Zeng, X. Kong, A. B.G. Janssen, and Y. Lin.  2020. Improvement in municipal wastewater treatment alters lake nitrogen to phosphorus ratios in populated regions. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 117: 11566-11572. 279.  Wang, Y., Z. Ren, P. Ma, Z. Wang, D. Niu, H. Fu and J.J. Elser. 2020. Effects of grassland degradation on ecological stoichiometry of soil ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Sci. Tot. Environ. 722: 137910 278.  Baron, J.S., S. Chandra, and J. J. Elser. 2020. Understanding mountain lakes in a changing world: introduction to the special issue. Inland Waters 82: 57. 277.  Qin, B., J. Zhou, J.J. Elser, W. Gardner, J. Deng, and J. Brookes. 2020. Water depth underpins the relative role and fates of nitrogen and phosphorus in lakes. Environ. Sci. Tech. 54: 3191-3198. 276.  Chen, C., O. Butler, T. Lewis, M. Rezaei Rashti, S. Maunsell, and J.J. Elser. 2020. The multi-element stoichiometry of wet eucalypt forest is transformed by recent, frequent fire. Plant and Soil. 447: 447-461. 275.  Okie, J.G., A.T. Poret-Peterson, Z. M.P. Lee, A. Richter, L.D. Alcaraz, L.E. Eguiarte, J.L. Siefert, V. Souza, C.L. Dupont, and J.J. Elser.  2020.  Genomic adaptations in information processing underpin trophic strategy in a whole-ecosystem nutrient enrichment experiment. eLife 9: e49816 doi: 10.7554/eLife.49816.  274.  Kattge, J., G. Bönisch, G, S. Díaz, et al.  2020. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Glob Change Biol.  26: 119-188. 273.  Zou, R., Z. Wu, L. Zhao, J. J. Elser, Y. Yu, Y. Chen, and Y. Liu.  2020. Seasonal algal blooms support sediment release of phosphorus via positive feedback in a eutrophic lake: Insights from a nutrient flux tracking modeling. Ecol. Modelling 416: 108881.

2019 

272.  Evans-White, M.A., Z.G. Cardon, J.A. Schweitzer, J. Urabe, and J.J. Elser.  2019. Editorial: Emerging frontiers in ecological stoichiometry.  Frontiers Ecol. Evol. 7: 463.  271.  Liu, Y., X. Qu, J.J. Elser, W. Peng, Z. Ren, H. Zhang, Y. Zhang and H. Yang. 2019. Impact of nutrient and stoichiometry gradients on microbial assemblages in Erhai Lake and its input streams. Water 11: 1711. 270. Yuan, X., D. Niu, L.A. Gherardi, Y. Liu, Y. Wang, J.J. Elser, and H. Fu. 2019. Linkages of stoichiometric imbalances to soil microbial respiration with increasing nitrogen addition: Evidence from a long-term grassland experiment. Soil Biol. Biochem. 138: 107580. 269.  Butler, O., T. Lewis, M. Rezaei Rashti, S. Maunsell, J.J. Elser, and C. Chen. 2019.  The stoichiometric legacy of fire regime regulates the roles of micro-organisms and invertebrates in decomposition.  Ecology 100: e02732.  268.  Ren, Z., D. Niu, M. Panpan, Y. Wang, H. Fu, and J.J. Elser. 2019. Cascading influences of grassland degradation on nutrient limitation in a high mountain lake and its inflow streams.  Ecology 100: e02755.  267.  Six, D.L., and J.J. Elser. 2019. Extreme ecological stoichiometry in a bark beetle-fungus mutualism.  Ecol. Entomol. 44: 543-551. doi: 10.1111/een.12731 266. Yan, K., Z. Yuan, S. Goldberg, W. Gao, A. Ostermann, J. Xu, F. Zhang, and J.J. Elser. 2019. Phosphorus mitigation remains critical in water protection: a review and meta-analysis from one of China's most eutrophicated lake.  Science of the Total Environment 689: 1336-1347. 265.  Xiong, X., C. Wu, J.J. Elser, Z. Mei, & Y. Hao. 2019. Occurrence and fate of microplastic debris in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River – From inland to the sea. Science of the Total Environment 659: 66-73.  doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.313

2018

264.  Moody, E.K., J.R. Corman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, J. Ramos, J.L. Sabo, & J.J. Elser.  2018. Consumption explains intraspecific variation in nutrient recycling stoichiometry in a desert fish.  Ecology 99: 1552-1561 263.  Moody, E.K., E.W. Carson, J.R. Corman, and H. Espinosa-Pérez. 2018. Animal-Mediated Nutrient Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, p. 141–152. In F. García-Oliva, J. Elser, and V. Souza [eds.], Ecosystem Ecology and Geochemistry of Cuatro Cienegas: How to Survive in an Extremely Oligotrophic Site. Springer International Publishing. 262.  García-Oliva, F., J.J. Elser, and V. Souza [eds.].  2018.  Ecosystem Ecology and Geochemistry of Cuatro Cienegas: How to Survive in an Extremely Oligotrophic Site. Springer International Publishing. 261.  Branco, P., M. Egas, J.J. Elser, and J. Huisman.  2018. Eco-evolutionary dynamics of ecological stoichiometry in plankton communities. Am. Nat. 192: E1-E20. 260.  Elser, J.J., N.I. Chan, J.R. Corman, and J. Stoltzfus. 2018. Save the P(ee)! The challenges of phosphorus sustainability and emerging solutions. Invited chapter in: Dietary Phosphorus: Health, Nutrition, and Regulatory Aspects (J. Uribarri and M.S. Calvo, editors). Taylor & Francis.  ISBN 978-1498706964 259.  Van de Waal, D. B., J. J. Elser, A. C. Martiny, R. W. Sterner, and J. B. Cotner. 2018. Editorial: Progress in ecological stoichiometry. Front. Microbiol. 9: 1957. 258.  Butler, O.M., J.J. Elser, T. Lewis, B. Mackey, and CR Chen. 2018.  The phosphorus-rich signature of fire in the soil-plant system: a global meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 21: 335-344. 258.  Rivas-Ubach, A, A.T. Poret-Peterson, J. Sardans, M. Pérez-Trujillo, C. Legido-Quigley, M. Oravec, O. Urban, J. Peñuelas, and J.J. Elser.  2018. Coping with iron limitation: A metabolomic study of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. 2018.  Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 40: 28. 257.  Niu, D., X. Yuan, A.J. Cease, H. Wen, C. Zhang, H. Fu, and J.J. Elser. 2018. The impact of nitrogen enrichment on grassland ecosystem stability depends on nitrogen addition level. Science of the Total Environment 618: 1529-1538.

2017

256.  Striebel, M., P. Frost, and J.J. Elser.  2017. Biological stoichiometry. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net/  doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0021229.pub2 255.  Ren, Z., H. Gao, and J.J. Elser. 2017. Longitudinal variation of microbial communities in benthic biofilms and association with hydrological and physicochemical conditions in glacier-fed streams. Freshwater Science 36: 479-490. 254.  Ren, Z., F. Wang, X. Qu, J.J. Elser, Y. Liu, & L. Chu.  2017. Taxonomic and functional differences between microbial communities in Qinghai Lake and its input streams. Front. Microbiol. 8: 2319.  doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02319 253.  Ren, Z., H. Gao, and J. J. Elser. 2017. Microbial functional genes elucidate environmental drivers of biofilm metabolism in glacier-fed streams. Scientific Reports 7: 12668. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13086-9 252.  Currier, C.C., and J.J. Elser.  2017.  Beyond monoculture stoichiometry studies: Assessing growth, respiration, and feeding responses of three Daphnia species to P-enriched, low C:P lake seston.  Inland Waters 7: 348-357. 251.  Guignard, M.S., A.R. Leitch, C. Acquisti, C. Eizaguirre, J. J. Elser, D.O. Hessen, P.D. Jeyasingh, M. Neiman, A. E. Richardson, P.S. Soltis, D.E. Soltis, C.J. Stevens, M.T. Trimmer, L.J. Weider, G. Woodward, and I.J. Leitch. 2017. Impacts of nitrogen and phosphorus: from genomes to natural ecosystems and agriculture.  Frontiers Beh. Evol. Ecol. 5: 70. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00070 250.  Zhang, J., and J.J. Elser.  2017.  Carbon: nitrogen: phosphorus stoichiometry in fungi: A meta-analysis.  Frontiers Microbiol. 8: 1281. 249.  Cease, A.J., J.F. Harrison, S. Hao, D.C. Niren, G. Zhang, L. Kang, and J.J. Elser. 2017. Nutritional imbalance suppresses migratory phenotypes of the Mongolian locust (Oedaleus asiaticus). Roy. Soc. open sci. 4: 161039. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.161039 248.  Lee, Z. M.-P., A.T. Poret-Peterson, J.L. Siefert, D. Kaul, A. Moustafa, A.E. Allen, C.L. Dupont, L.E. Eguiarte, V. Souza, and J.J. Elser. 2017. Nutrient stoichiometry shapes microbial community structure in an evaporitic shallow pond.  Frontiers Microbiol. 8: 949. doi.org: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00949 247.  Moody, E.K. A.T. Rugenski, J.L. Sabo, B.L. Turner, and J. J. Elser.  2017. Does the growth rate hypothesis apply across temperatures? Variation in the growth rate and body phosphorus content of Neotropical benthic grazers.  Frontiers Env. Sci. 5: 14. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00014  246.  Barnes, M.E., J.J. Elser, and S.E. Brownell.  2017.  Impact of a two-week evolution module on students’ perceived conflict between religion and evolution. Am. Biol. Teacher 79: 104-111.

2016

245. Tapia-Torres, Y., M. Rodríguez-Torres, J.J. Elser, A. Islas, V. Souza, F. Garcia-Oliva, and G. Olmedo.  How to live with phosphorus scarcity in soil and sediment: Lessons from bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microb. doi:10.1128/AEM.00160-16. 244.  Corman, J.R., E. K Moody, and J.J. Elser.  2016. Calcium carbonate deposition drives nutrient cycling in a calcareous headwater stream. Ecol. Monogr. 86: 448-461. 243.  Chen, D., Q. Pa, S. Hu, J. Huang, Q. Wang, X. Han, S. Naeem, J.J. Elser, J. Wu, and Y. Bai.  2016.  Effects of plant functional group loss on soil biota and net ecosystem exchange: A plant removal experiment in the Mongolian grassland.  J. Ecology 104: 734-743. 242.  Pan, Q., T. Dashuan, S. Naeem, K. Auerswal, J.J. Elser, Y. Bai, J. Huang, Q. Wang, H. Wang, J. Wu and X. Han.  2016.  Effects of functional diversity loss on ecosystem functions are influenced by compensation.  Ecology 97: 2293-2302.   241.  Yan, Z., Han, W., Z. J. Peñuelas, J. Sardans, J.J. Elser, E. Du, P.B. Reich, and J. Fang.  2016.  Phosphorus accumulates faster than nitrogen globally in freshwater ecosystems under anthropogenic impacts. Ecology Letters 19: 1237-46. 240.  Cherif, M., and J.J. Elser.  2016.  Ecological Stoichiometry.  In: Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology. doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0146 239.  Powers, S.M., T.P. Burt, N. Chan, J.J. Elser, P.M Haygarth, N.J.K. Howden, H.P. Jarvie, H.M. Peterson, J. Shen, F. Worrall, and A.N. Sharpley.  2016.  Long-term accumulation and transport of anthropogenic phosphorus in three river basins.  Nature Geoscience 9: 353–356. doi:10.1038/ngeo2693   *ISI Highly Cited Paper *This paper won the Gene Likens Award of ESA Biogeosciences section for notable paper by an Early Career scientist (to Powers). 238.  Zhu, J., Q. Wang, N. He, M.D. Smith, J.J. Elser, J. Du, G. Yuan, G. Yu, and Q. Yu.  2016.  Imbalanced atmospheric nitrogen and phosphorus depositions in China: Implications for nutrient limitation.  J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. 121, doi:10.1002/2016JG003393 237.  Liu, X., H. Sheng, S. Jiang, Z. Yuan, C. Zhang, and J.J. Elser.  2016.  Intensification of phosphorus cycling in China since the 1600s. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 113: 2609–2614. 236.  Elser, J.J., L. Steger, M. Kyle, M.L. McCrackin, J. Learned, S. Schimpp, & A. Peace.  2016.  Living on the stoichiometric knife-edge: effects of high and low food C:P ratio on growth, feeding, and respiration in multiple Daphnia species.  Inland Waters 6: 136-146. 235.  Modenutti, B.E., M.A. Bastidas Navarro, Z.M. Lee, M.S. Souza, J.R. Corman, E.G. Balseiro, and J.J. Elser.  2016.  Effects of volcanic pumice inputs on microbial community composition and dissolved C:P ratios in lake waters: an experimental approach.  Microb. Ecol. 71: 18-28.   234.  Corman, J.R., A. Poret-Peterson, A. Uchitel, and J.J. Elser.  2016.  Interaction between lithification and resource availability in the microbialites of Río Mesquites, Cuatro Ciénegas, México.  Geobiology 14:176-89.  doi: 10.1111/gbi.12168 233.  Luo, W., J. J. Elser, X.-T. Lü, Z. Wang, E. Bai, C. Yan, C. Wang, M.-H. Li, N.E. Zimmermann, X. Han, and Y. Jiang.  2016.  Plant nutrients do not co-vary with soil nutrients under changing climatic conditions.  Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29:1298-1308.  232.  Deng, Q., D. Hui, Y. Luo, J.J. Elser, Y.-P. Wang, I. Loladze, Q. Zhang, and S. Dennis. 2016.  Down-regulation of tissue N:P ratio in terrestrial plants grown under elevated CO2 levels.  Ecology 96:3354-3362. 231.  Cease, A.J., M. Fay, J.J. Elser, and J.F. Harrison.  2016.  Dietary phosphate affects food selection, post-ingestive P fate, and performance of a polyphagous herbivore.  J. Exp. Biol. 219:64-72. doi:10.1242/jeb.126847 230.  Valdivia-Anistro, J.A., L.E. Eguiarte-Fruns, G. Delgado-Sapién, P. Márquez-Zacarías, J. Gasca-Pineda, J. Learned, J.J. Elser, G. Olmedo-Alvarez, and V. Souza. 2016. Variability of rRNA operon copy number and growth rate dynamics of Bacillus isolated from an extremely oligotrophic aquatic ecosystem.  Frontiers in Microbiology 6:01486.  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01486 229.  Neveu, M., A.T. Poret-Peterson, A.D. Anbar, and J.J. Elser.  2016.  Ordinary stoichiometry of extraordinary microorganisms.  Geobiology 14: 33-53.  doi:10.1111/gbi.12153

2015

228.  Corman, J., E. Carlson, M. Dix, N. Girón, A. Roegner, J. Veselá, S. Chandra, J.J. Elser, E. Rejmánková.  2015. Nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton resource limitation in a deep tropical mountain lake.  Inland Waters 5: 371-386. 227.  Goloran, J.B., C. Chen, I.R. Phillips, and J.J. Elser.  2015.  Shifts in leaf N:P stoichiometry during rehabilitation in highly alkaline bauxite processing residue sand.  Scientific Reports 5:14811. doi: 10.1038/srep14811. 226.  Wu, J., S. Naeem, J.J. Elser, Y. Bai, J. Huang, L. Kang, Q. Pan, Q. Wang, S. Hao, and X. Han.  2015.  Testing biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship in the world’s largest grassland: Overview of the IMGRE project.  Landscape Ecology 30: 1723-1736.  doi: 10.1007/s10980-015-0155-y 225.  Tapia-Torres, Y., J.J. Elser, V. Souza, and F. García-Oliva.  2015.  Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry at the extremes: how microbes cope in an ultra-oligotrophic soil.  Soil Biol. Biochem. 87: 34-42. 224.  Ponce-Soto, G.Y., E. Aguirre-von-Wobeser, L.E. Eguiarte, J.J. Elser, Z.M.-P. Lee, & V. Souza.  2015.  Enrichment experiment changes microbial interactions in an ultra-oligotrophic environment.  Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 246.  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00246 223.  Laspoumaderes, C., B. Modenutti, J.J. Elser, and E. Balseiro.  2015.  Does the stoichiometric carbon:phosphorus knife edge apply for predaceous copepods?  Oecologia 178: 557-569. 222.  Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, E.P. Fenichel, J.C. Hadrich, J.F. Harrison, B.E. Robinson.  2015.  Living with locusts: connecting soil nitrogen, locust outbreaks, livelihoods, and livestock markets.  BioScience 65: 551-558.  doi: 10.1093/biosci/biv048 221.  Alijania, M.K, H. Wang, J. J. Elser.  2015.  Modeling the bacterial contribution to planktonic community respiration in the regulation of solar energy and nutrient availability. Ecological Complexity 23: 25-33. 220.  Lee, Z.M.-P, L. Steger, J.R. Corman, A. Poret-Peterson, V. Souza and J.J. Elser.  2015.  Response of a stoichiometrically imbalanced ecosystem to manipulation of nutrient supplies and ratios.  PLOS ONE 10: e0123949. 219.  Withers, P.J.A., J.J. Elser, J. Hilton, J. Ohtake, W. Schipper, and K.C. van Dijk. 2015.  Greening the global phosphorus cycle: How green chemistry can help achieve planetary P sustainability.  Green Chem. 17: 2087. doi: 10.1039/C4GC02445A 218.  Elser, J.J., M. Bastidas-Navarro, J.R. Corman, H. Emick, M. Kellom, C. Laspoumaderes, Z. Lee, A. Poret-Peterson, E. Balseiro, and B. Modenutti.  2015.  Community structure and biogeochemical impacts of microbial life on floating pumice.  Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 81:1542-49.  doi: 10.1128/AEM.03160-14 217.  Moody, E.K., J.R. Corman, J.J. Elser, and J.L. Sabo.  2015.  Dietary composition affects fish excretion ratios.  Freshwater Biol. 60: 456-465.  doi: 10.1111/fwb.12500 216.  Bracken, M.E.S., H. Hillebrand, E. T. Borer, E.W. Seabloom, J. Cebrian, E. E. Cleland, J. J. Elser, D. S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, J. T. Ngai, J. B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith.  2015.  Responses of plant nutrient content to nitrogen and phosphorus additions: evidence for co-limitation. Oikos 124:113-121.  doi: 10.1111/oik.01215 (Editor's Choice) 215.  Nie, Y., Z.J. Zhang, D. Raubenheimer, J.J. Elser, W. Wei, and F. Wei.  2015.  Obligate herbivory in an evolutionary omnivore: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry.  Functional Ecology 29: 26-34.  doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12302

2014

214.  Metson, G.S., V.H. Smith, D. Cordell, D.A. Vaccari, and J.J. Elser.  2014.  Phosphorus is a key component of the resource demands for meat, eggs, and dairy production in the United States.  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 111: E4906-E4907. 213.  Haygarth, P.M., H.P. Jarvie, S.M. Powers, A. N. Sharpley, J.J. Elser, J. Shen, H.M. Peterson, N.I. Chan, N.J.K. Howden, T. Burt, F. Worrall, F.S. Zhang, and X.J. Liu.  2014.  Sustainable phosphorus management and the need for a long-term perspective: the legacy hypothesis.  Env. Sci. Tech. 48: 8417-8419. doi: 10.1021/es502852s  212.  Neveu, M., A. Poret-Peterson, Z. Lee, A. Anbar, and J.J. Elser. 2014. Cells separated from sediments are suitable for elemental composition analysis.  Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods 12: 519-529. doi: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.519 211. Zhang, Z.J., J.J. Elser, A.J. Cease, X.M. Zhang, Q. Yu, X. Han, and G. Zhang. 2014. Grasshoppers regulate N:P stoichiometric homeostasis by changing phosphorus contents in their frass.  PLOS ONE 9: e103697. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103697 210. Zhang, C., D, Niu, S.J. Hall, H. Wen, X. Li, H. Fu, C. Wan, and J.J. Elser.  2014.   Effects of simulated nitrogen deposition on soil respiration components and their temperature sensitivities in a semiarid grassland.  Soil Biol. Biochem. 75: 113-123. 209.  Toberman, H, C. Chen, T. Lewis, and J.J. Elser.  2014. High frequency fire alters C:N:P stoichiometric coupling in forest litter.  Global Change Biology 20: 2321-31 doi: 10.1111/gcb.12432 208. Van de Waal, D.B., V.H. Smith, S.A.J. Declerck, E.C.M. Stam, and J.J. Elser. 2014. Stoichiometric regulation of phytoplankton toxins.  Ecology Letters 17: 736–742.  doi: 10.1111/ele.12280 207.  Elser, J.J., T.J. Elser, S.R. Carpenter, and W.A. Brock.  2014.  Regime shift in fertilizer commodities indicates more turbulence ahead for food security. PLOS ONE 9: e93998. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093998

2013

206.  Ximei, Z., L. Wei Liu, J.J. Elser, G. Zhang, and X. Han.  2013.  Response of the abundance of key soil microbial nitrogen-cycling genes to multi-factorial global changes.  PLOS ONE 8: e76500 205.  Hessen, D.O., J.J. Elser, R.W. Sterner, and J. Urabe.  2013.  Ecological stoichiometry – an elementary approach using basic principles.  Limnol. Oceanogr. 58: 2219-2236. 204.  Peace, A., Y.Q. Zhao, I. Loladze, J.J. Elser, and Y. Kuang.  2013. A stoichiometric producer-grazer model incorporating the effects of excess food-nutrient content on consumer dynamics.  Mathematical Biosciences 244: 107-115. 203.  Domis, L.N.D., and others. 2013. Plankton dynamics under different climate conditions in tropical freshwater systems (a reply to the comment by Sarmiento et al. 2013).  Freshwater Biology 58: 2211- 2213. 202.  Gilbert, J., C. Acquisti, H. Martinson, J. J. Elser, S. Kumar, and W.F. Fagan.  2013.  GRASP [Genomic Resource Access for Stoichioproteomics]: Comparative explorations of the atomic content of 12 Drosophila proteomes.  Genome Biology 14: 599.  doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-599. 201.  Borer, E.T., M.E.S. Bracken, E. W. Seabloom, J. E. Smith, J. Cebrian, E. E. Cleland, J. J. Elser, D. S. Gruner, W. S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, A.J. Kerkhoff, and J.T. Ngai. 2013. Global biogeography of autotroph chemistry: is insolation a driving force?  Oikos 122: 1121-1130. 200. Elser, J.J., W. Roberts, and P. Haygarth. 2013. P is for phosphorus: the biology and ecology of phosphorus in biota, natural ecosystems, and agroecosystems.  In: K. Wyant, J. Corman, and J.J. Elser, Phosphorus, Food, and Our Future.  Oxford University Press, New York City, New York. 199.  Wyant, K., J. Corman, and J.J. Elser (editors).  2013.  Phosphorus, Food, and Our Future.  Oxford University Press.  New York City, New York. 198. Modenutti, B.E., E. G. Balseiro, J.J. Elser, M. Bastidas Navarro, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. S. Souza and V. Díaz Villanueva.  2013.  Effect of volcanic eruption on nutrients, light, and phytoplankton in oligotrophic lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 58: 1165-1175.

2012

197.  Wang, H., R.W. Sterner, and J.J. Elser. 2012. On the "strict homeostasis" assumption in ecological stoichiometry.  Ecological Modelling 243: 81-88. 196.  Domis, L.N.D., and others. 2012. Plankton dynamics under different climatic conditions in space and time.  Freshwater Biology 58: 463-482. 195.  Metson, G, E. Bennett, and J.J. Elser. 2012. The role of diet in phosphorus demand. Environmental Research Letters 7: 044043 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044043 194.  Sommer, U. and others.  2012.  Beyond the PEG-model: mechanisms driving plankton succession.  Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 43: 429-448.  *ISI Highly Cited Paper 193.  Elser, J.J., I. Loladze, A. Peace, and Y. Kuang.  2012.  Lotka re-loaded: modeling trophic interactions under stoichiometric constraints. Ecological Modeling 245: 3-11. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.006 192.  Swenson, N., and others. 2012.  The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America.  Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 21: 798–808. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00727.x 191.  Souza, V., L.E. Eguiarte, M. Travisano, J.J. Elser, C. Rooks, and J.L. Siefert. 2012.  Travel, sex, and food: what's speciation got to do with it?  Astrobiology 12: 634-640. 190.  Souza, V., J. Siefert, A.E. Escalante, J.J. Elser, and L.E. Eguiarte.  2012.  The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in Coahuila, México: an astrobiological Precambrian park.  Astrobiology 12: 641-647. 189.  Elser, J.J., and Y. Kuang.  2012.  Ecological stoichiometry.  Pages 718-722 in: Hastings, A., and L.J. Gross (eds.), Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 188.  Gaxiola, R.A., Sanchez, C.A., Paez-Valencia, J., Ayre, B.G., & Elser, J.J.  2012. Genetic manipulation of a “vacuolar” H(+)-PPase: from salt tolerance to yield enhancement under phosphorus-deficient soils.  Plant Physiol. 159: 3-11. 187.  Elser, J.J.  2012.  Phosphorus: limiting nutrient for humanity?  Curr. Opin. Biotech. 23: 1-6 (Invited).  10.1016/j.copbio.2012.03.001 186.  Yu, Q., H. Wu, N. He, X. Lu, Z. Wang, J.J. Elser, J. Wu, and X. Han.  2012.  Testing the growth rate hypothesis in vascular plants with above- and below-ground biomass.  PLOS ONE 7: e32162. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032162 185.  McCrackin, M., and J.J. Elser. 2012. Denitrification kinetics and denitrifier abundances in sediments of lakes receiving atmospheric nitrogen deposition (Colorado, USA).  Biogeochemistry 108: 39-54.  doi:10.1029/2010GB003897 184.  Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, C.F. Ford, S. Hao, L. Kang, and J.F. Harrison.  2012.  Livestock overgrazing promotes locust outbreaks by lowering plant nitrogen content.  Science 335: 467-469.

2011

183.  Elser, J.J.  2011.  A world awash in nitrogen.  Science 334: 1504-1505.  *Invited Perspective. 182.  Niu, D., S. J. Hall, H. Fu, J. Kang, Y. Qin, and J. J. Elser. 2011. Grazing exclusion alters ecosystem carbon pools in Alxa desert steppe. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 54:127-142. 181.  McCrackin, M., and J.J. Elser. 2011.  Greenhouse gas dynamics in lakes receiving atmospheric nitrogen deposition.  Global Biogeochemical Cycles 25: GB4005 doi: 10.1029/2010GB003897. 180.  Elser, J.J., and E. Bennett.  2011.  Phosphorus: a broken biogeochemical cycle.  Nature 478: 29-31.  *Invited Commentary. 179. Kattge, J., and others. TRY – a global database of plant traits.  2011.  Global Change Biology 17: 2905-2935.  *Highly cited paper of 2012 in GCB (top 3%).  *ISI Highly Cited Paper 178. Gaxiola, R., M. Edwards, and J.J. Elser.  2011. A transgenic approach to enhance phosphorus use efficiency in crops as part of a comprehensive strategy for sustainable agriculture. Chemosphere 84: 840-845.   177. Harpole, W.S., J.T. Ngai, E.E. Cleland, E.T. Borer, M.E.S. Bracken, J.J. Elser, D.S. Gruner, H. Hillebrand, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith. 2011. Nutrient co-limitation of primary producer communities.  Ecology Letters 14: 852–862. *Highlighted in F1000 (Must Read) *ISI Highly Cited Paper 176. Yu, Q., J.J. Elser, N. He, H. Wu, Q. Chen, G. Zhang, L. Zhang, and X. Han. 2011. Stoichiometric homeostasis of vascular plants in the Inner Mongolia grassland.  Oecologia 166: 1-10. 175. Zhang, G., X. Han, and J.J. Elser. 2011. Rapid top-down regulation of plant C:N:P stoichiometry by grasshoppers in an Inner Mongolia grassland ecosystem. Oecologia 166: 253-264. 174. Wojewodzic, M.W., M. Kyle, J.J. Elser, D.O. Hessen, and T. Andersen. 2011.  Joint effect of phosphorus limitation and temperature on alkaline phosphatase activity and somatic growth in Daphnia magna.  Oecologia 165:837-846.  DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1863-2 173. Childers, D.L., J. Corman, M. Edwards, and J.J. Elser. 2011. Sustainability challenges of phosphorus and food: Solutions from closing the human phosphorus cycle. Bioscience 61: 117-124.  *This paper was highlighted by the BioScience editor. 172. Loladze, I., and J.J. Elser. 2011. The origins of the Redfield nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratio are in a homoeostatic protein-to-RNA ratio.  Ecology Letters 14: 244-250. *This paper was highlighted as Editor’s Choice in Science magazine.  *Highlighted in F1000 (Recommended)

2010

171. Elser, J.J., C. Acquisti, and S. Kumar. 2010. Stoichiogenomics: the evolutionary ecology of macromolecular elemental composition.  Trends Ecol. Evol. 26: 38-44.   170. Yu, Q., Q. Chen, J.J. Elser, N. He, H. Wu, G. Zhang, J. Wu, Y. Bai, and X. Han. 2010. Linking stoichiometric homeostasis with ecosystem structure, functioning, and stability.  Ecology Letters 13: 1390-1399. 169. Elser, J.J., M. Kyle, M.W. Wojewodzic, A. Peace, M.L. McCrackin, T. Andersen, and D.O. Hessen. 2010.  Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is associated with elevated phosphorus limitation of lake zooplankton.  Ecology Letters 13: 1256-12c61. 168. Cease, A.J., S. Hao, L. Kang, J. J. Elser, and J. F. Harrison. 2010.  Are color or high rearing density related to migratory polyphenism in the band-winged grasshopper, Oedaleus asiaticus?  J. Insect Physiology 56: 926-936. 167. Urabe, J., S. Naeem, D. Raubenheimer, and J.J. Elser.  2010.  The evolution of biological stoichiometry under global change.  Oikos 119: 737-740. 166. McCrackin, M., and J.J. Elser.  2010. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition influences denitrification and nitrous oxide production in lakes.  Ecology 91: 528-539. 165. Elser, J.J., W.F. Fagan, A.J. Kerkhoff, and B. Enquist. 2010.  Biological stoichiometry of plant production: metabolism, scaling, and ecosystem response to global change.  New Phytologist 186: 593-608. (Invited Tansley review).  doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03214.x  *ISI Highly Cited Paper 164. Reich, P.B., J. Oleksyn, I.J. Wright, K.J. Niklas, L. Hedin, and J.J. Elser.  2010.  Evidence of a general 2/3-power leaf nitrogen to phosphorus scaling among major plant groups and biomes.  Proc. Roy. Soc. Ser. B. 277: 877-883. 163. Glass, J.B., F. Wolfe-Simon, J.J. Elser, and A.D. Anbar.  2010.  Molybdenum-nitrogen co-limitation in freshwater and coastal heterocystous cyanobacteria.  Limnol. Oceanogr. 55: 667-676.

Presentations
  • Elser, J.J., J. Giersch, T. Tappenbeck, and C. Muhlfeld.  “In the nursery of newborn lakes: exploratory data from periglacial lakes of Glacier National Park (Montana, USA)”.  Oral presentation at the 2017 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA, Feb 2017
  • Elser, J.J.  "These are "the best of times, the worst of times": the latest news from the NSF P Sustainability Research Coordination Network (P RCN) and the North American Partnership for Phosphorus Sustainability (NAPPS)".  Invited keynote presentation, 5th International Sustainable Phosphorus Summit, Kunming, China, August 2016. 
  • Elser, J.J., Z. Lee, J.R. Corman, A. Poret-Peterson, J. Okie, L. Steger, J. Learned, M. Neveu, C. Dupont, J. Siefert, A. Anbar, and V. Souza.  "Nutrients, ribosomes, and genomes: a desert survival test for the growth rate hypothesis." Invited oral presentation at the 2016 ASLO Summer Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, USA, June 2016.
  • Elser, J.J., J. Learned, T. Bercel, A. Poret-Peterson, Z. Ren, J. Raymond, N. Decao, F. Hua.  "'Mysterious lakes' amid mega-dunes: a limnological exploration of groundwater-fed ponds & lakes of Badain Jaran, China".  Oral presentation at the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain, February 2015.
  • Elser, J.J., "Introducing ASLO 2.0".  Plenary presentation at the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain, February 2015.
  • Elser, J.J, J.R. Corman, Z. Lee, J. Siefert, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Sol Souza, B. Modenutti, and E. Balseiro. “Life on floating pumice.” Oral presentation at the 2014 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, May 2014.
  • Elser, J.J., Z. Lee, C. Dupont, J. Siefert, and V. Souza.  "Effects of nutrient enrichment and N:P stoichiometry on microbial community structure in an ancient (very) shallow remnant sea at Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico."  Poster presentation at the 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 2February 2014.
  • Elser, J.J., L. Steger, M. Kyle, M.L. McCrackin, Jenni Learned, S. Schimpp, & A. Peace.  "Living on the stoichiometric knife-edge:  effects of high and low food C:P ratio on growth, feeding, and respiration in multiple Daphnia species". Oral presentation at the 2013 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2013.
  • Elser, J.J.  2012. “Phosphorus, food, and our future.”  Invited lecture at the 2012 regional meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, Phoenix, AZ, December 2012.
  • Elser, J.J, J.R. Corman, Z. Lee, J. Siefert, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Sol Souza, B. Modenutti, and E. Balseiro. 2012. “Life on floating pumice.” Oral presentation at the 2012 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, July 2012.
  • Balseiro, E., B. Modenutti, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Sol Souza, and J.J. Elser.  2012.  “Impacts & ongoing recovery of Patagonian lakes from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle mega-eruption.”  Oral presentation at the 2012 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, July 2012.
  • Modenutti, B., E. Balseiro, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Sol Souza, and J.J. Elser.  2012. “Testing the mechanisms of impact of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle mega-eruption on Patagonian lakes.”  Oral presentation at the 2012 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, July 2012.
  • Corman, J.R., V. Souza, and J.J. Elser. 2012. “Nutrient availability and calcification in lithifying freshwater microbialites.” Oral presentation at the 2012 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, July 2012.
  • Elser, J.J., G. Metson, and E. Bennett.  2012.  "Uncertain supplies, shifting demands, and the sustainability of the human phosphorus cycle," Invited talk, 9th INTECOL conference (with Society of Wetland Sciences), Orlando, FL, June 2012.
  • Elser, J.J., Z. Lee, J. Corman, J. Siefert, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Souza, B. Modenutti, and E. Balseiro.   "Life on floating pumice," Astrobiology Science Conference 2012, April 15-20, 2012 (poster), Atlanta, GA, April 2012.
  • Souza, V., J. Siefert, J.J. Elser, and L. Eguiarte.  2011. “The Cuatro Cienegas Bolson in Coahuila, Mexico: an astrobiological Precambrian park,” Origins 2011, conference of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life and Astrobiology Society (poster), Montpelier, France.
  • Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, C.F. Ford, S. Hao, L. Kang, and J.F. Harrison.  “Livestock grazing directs locust outbreaks by altering host plant nitrogen status,” Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV, November 2011.
  • Elser, J.J., J.R. Corman, M. Edwards, and D. Childers.  “Phosphorus, food, and our future:  certainties and uncertainties in achieving a sustainable food system.”  Invited talk, International Conference on Sustainability Science (ICOSSE), Tucson, AZ.  January 2011. 
  • Corman, J.R., S. Chandra, C. Davis, M. Dix, N. Gíron, E. Rejmánková, A. Roegner, J. Veselá, and J.J. Elser.  “Ecosystem effects of cultural eutrophication in a large, tropical lake.” Annual meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.  December 2010.
  • Elser, J.J., and I. Loladze.  “Ocean’s 16: Optimal protein:RNA ratio has near Redfield nitrogen:phosphorus ratio.” Annual meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.  December 2010.
  • Corman J. R., V. Souza V., and J.J. Elser. “Interactions of biogeochemical cycles in oncoid microbialites from Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico”. Astrobiology Science Conference 2010, Clear Lake, Texas Elser, J.J., J. Giersch, T. Tappenbeck, and C. Muhlfeld.  “In the nursery of newborn lakes: exploratory data from periglacial lakes of Glacier National Park (Montana, USA)”.  Oral presentation at the 2017 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA, Feb 2017
  • Elser, J.J.  "These are "the best of times, the worst of times": the latest news from the NSF P Sustainability Research Coordination Network (P RCN) and the North American Partnership for Phosphorus Sustainability (NAPPS)".  Invited keynote presentation, 5th International Sustainable Phosphorus Summit, Kunming, China, August 2016.  
  • Elser, J.J., Z. Lee, J.R. Corman, A. Poret-Peterson, J. Okie, L. Steger, J. Learned, M. Neveu, C. Dupont, J. Siefert, A. Anbar, and V. Souza.  "Nutrients, ribosomes, and genomes: a desert survival test for the growth rate hypothesis." Invited oral presentation at the 2016 ASLO Summer Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, USA, June 2016.
  • Elser, J.J., J. Learned, T. Bercel, A. Poret-Peterson, Z. Ren, J. Raymond, N. Decao, F. Hua.  "'Mysterious lakes' amid mega-dunes: a limnological exploration of groundwater-fed ponds & lakes of Badain Jaran, China".  Oral presentation at the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain, February 2015.
  • Elser, J.J., "Introducing ASLO 2.0".  Plenary presentation at the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain, February 2015.
  • Elser, J.J, J.R. Corman, Z. Lee, J. Siefert, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Sol Souza, B. Modenutti, and E. Balseiro. “Life on floating pumice.” Oral presentation at the 2014 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA, May 2014.
  • Elser, J.J., Z. Lee, C. Dupont, J. Siefert, and V. Souza.  "Effects of nutrient enrichment and N:P stoichiometry on microbial community structure in an ancient (very) shallow remnant sea at Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico."  Poster presentation at the 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 2February 2014.
  • Elser, J.J., L. Steger, M. Kyle, M.L. McCrackin, Jenni Learned, S. Schimpp, & A. Peace.  "Living on the stoichiometric knife-edge:  effects of high and low food C:P ratio on growth, feeding, and respiration in multiple Daphnia species". Oral presentation at the 2013 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 2013.
  • Elser, J.J.  2012. “Phosphorus, food, and our future.”  Invited lecture at the 2012 regional meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, Phoenix, AZ, December 2012.
  • Elser, J.J, J.R. Corman, Z. Lee, J. Siefert, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Sol Souza, B. Modenutti, and E. Balseiro. 2012. “Life on floating pumice.” Oral presentation at the 2012 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, July 2012.
  • Balseiro, E., B. Modenutti, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Sol Souza, and J.J. Elser.  2012.  “Impacts & ongoing recovery of Patagonian lakes from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle mega-eruption.”  Oral presentation at the 2012 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, July 2012.
  • Modenutti, B., E. Balseiro, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Sol Souza, and J.J. Elser.  2012. “Testing the mechanisms of impact of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle mega-eruption on Patagonian lakes.”  Oral presentation at the 2012 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, July 2012.
  • Corman, J.R., V. Souza, and J.J. Elser. 2012. “Nutrient availability and calcification in lithifying freshwater microbialites.” Oral presentation at the 2012 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, Shiga, Japan, July 2012.
  • Elser, J.J., G. Metson, and E. Bennett.  2012.  "Uncertain supplies, shifting demands, and the sustainability of the human phosphorus cycle," Invited talk, 9th INTECOL conference (with Society of Wetland Sciences), Orlando, FL, June 2012.
  • Elser, J.J., Z. Lee, J. Corman, J. Siefert, M. Bastidas, F. Cuassolo, C. Laspoumaderes, M. Souza, B. Modenutti, and E. Balseiro.   "Life on floating pumice," Astrobiology Science Conference 2012, April 15-20, 2012 (poster), Atlanta, GA, April 2012.
  • Souza, V., J. Siefert, J.J. Elser, and L. Eguiarte.  2011. “The Cuatro Cienegas Bolson in Coahuila, Mexico: an astrobiological Precambrian park,” Origins 2011, conference of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life and Astrobiology Society (poster), Montpelier, France.
  • Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, C.F. Ford, S. Hao, L. Kang, and J.F. Harrison.  “Livestock grazing directs locust outbreaks by altering host plant nitrogen status,” Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV, November 2011.
  • Elser, J.J., J.R. Corman, M. Edwards, and D. Childers.  “Phosphorus, food, and our future:  certainties and uncertainties in achieving a sustainable food system.”  Invited talk, International Conference on Sustainability Science (ICOSSE), Tucson, AZ.  January 2011.  
  • Corman, J.R., S. Chandra, C. Davis, M. Dix, N. Gíron, E. Rejmánková, A. Roegner, J. Veselá, and J.J. Elser.  “Ecosystem effects of cultural eutrophication in a large, tropical lake.” Annual meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.  December 2010.
  • Elser, J.J., and I. Loladze.  “Ocean’s 16: Optimal protein:RNA ratio has near Redfield nitrogen:phosphorus ratio.” Annual meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.  December 2010.
  • Corman J. R., V. Souza V., and J.J. Elser. “Interactions of biogeochemical cycles in oncoid microbialites from Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico”. Astrobiology Science Conference 2010, Clear Lake, Texas April 24-29.
  • Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, J., L. Kang, S. Hao, and J.F. Harrison. 2010. “Searching for the key to locust outbreaks in the Inner Mongolia grasslands.” Annual meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science. (poster) Feb 2010.
  • Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, J., S. Hao, L. Kang, and J.F. Harrison 2010.   “Grasshopper developmental plasticity in heavily-grazed Asian Steppe pastures.” Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. (poster) Jan 2010.
  • April 24-29.
  • Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, J., L. Kang, S. Hao, and J.F. Harrison. 2010. “Searching for the key to locust outbreaks in the Inner Mongolia grasslands.” Annual meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science. (poster) Feb 2010.
  • Cease, A.J., J.J. Elser, J., S. Hao, L. Kang, and J.F. Harrison 2010.   “Grasshopper developmental plasticity in heavily-grazed Asian Steppe pastures.” Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. (poster) Jan 2010.
Honors / Awards
  • 2019 - present Member, National Academy of Sciences (Environ. Sciences & Ecology section; elected April 2019)
  • 2012 - 2018 President-elect, President, Past-President, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanog¬raphy (ASLO)
  • 2015 ASU Founders' Day Research Achievement Award for sustainability research (See: http://tinyurl.com/nawqftf) 
  • 2014 ASU School of Life Sciences Teaching Excellence & Innovation Award
  • 2013 Elected as foreign member of Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
  •          Visiting Fellow, Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia) Climate Change Response Program
  • 2012 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanog¬raphy (ASLO) to recognize excellence in aquatic research (See: http://tinyurl.com/ks4tb5l)
  • 2011 Fulbright Scholar (Senior Lecturer, Argentina)
  • 2009 ASU Regents’ Professor
  •       ASU Professor of the Year (ASU Parents Association)
  • 2008 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Biological Sciences Section)
  •       ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award 
  •          Inaugural recipient, Distinguished Alumni Award, Dept. of Biology, University of Notre Dame
  •          Nominee, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Gary Krahenbuhl Difference Maker Award
  • 2006 Nominee for the ECI Prize in Limnetic Ecology
  • 2004 Honoree for impact on student experience, ASU Office of Student Affairs
  • 2003 Fulbright Scholar (Norway)
  •           Nominee, ECI International Prize in Limnetic Ecology
  •     2000 Rosemary Mackay Fund award (To Paul Frost as lead author, also with R. Stelzer and G. Lamberti), North American Benthological Society
  •     1999 Nominee, Aquatic Ecology section leader, Ecological Society of America
  •              Nominee, Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship Program, Ecological Society of America
  •     1997 NSF Center for Global Partnerships US-Japan Fellowship
  •     1996 Board of Directors (Member-at-Large, elected), American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
  •     1990 Recipient, Lindeman Award of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography for the outstanding paper in 1988 by aquatic scientist under the age of 35
  • 1989 Special Commendation for quality of dissertation research, Merton Love Student Seminar Competition, Graduate Group in Ecology, UC-Davis
  •     1988 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
  •              UC-Davis Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Scholarship
  •     1987 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
  •           UC-Davis Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Scholarship  
  •     1986 Four-year UC-Davis Graduate Fellowship
  •              UC-Davis Distinguished Scholar Research Award
  •     1981 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
  •           Phi Beta Kappa honor society, Notre Dame Chapter  
Editorships

Associate Editor

    Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) (2019 - present)

    Ecosystems (2019 - present)     Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) (ad hoc; 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)     Ecology Letters (2002 - 2011; 2012 - 2013)     American Naturalist (2001 – 2003, 2010 - 2011; 2012 - 2014)     Limnology and Oceanography special issue on Biocomplexity (2003)     Ecological Applications (2001 - 2004)     Oecologia (1999 - 2002)

Professional Associations

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Ecological Society of America

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History
  • Neng-Iong Chan, Ph.D, (ELS program ASU) completed (Dissertation: “The story of phosphorus in urban ecosystems and its sustainable management”), Fall 2012 - Spring 2020.
  • Eric Moody, Ph.D. (Biology, ASU; co-advised with J. Sabo), completed (Dissertation: “Can consumer evolution affect ecosystem functions? Intraspecific variation in the elemental phenotype of aquatic consumers”), Fall 2013 - Spring 2017.  Current position: assistant professor, Middlebury College.
  • Courtney Currier, M.S. (Biology, ASU) completed, (Thesis: “Rich in phosphorus, poor in quality: Assessing Daphnia spp. responses to a multi-species P-enriched diet”), Fall 2013 - Fall 2015).  Current position: PhD student, Arizona State University.
  • Hilary Emick, Ph.D. student, (ELS program ASU; co-advised with A. Anbar), Fall 2012 - Spring 2015 (left program)
  • Jessica Corman (SFAz Graduate Fellow), Ph.D. (Biology, ASU), completed.  (Dissertation: "Growing rocks: The effects of calcium carbonate deposition on phosphorus availability in streams"), Fall 2008 - Spring 2015.  Current position: assistant professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska. 
  • Michele Thorne (Knowlton) (SFAz Graduate Fellow), M.S. (Biology, ASU) completed, Fall 2009 - Fall 2012.
  • Arianne Cease, Ph.D. (ARCS Fellow), Ph.D. (Biology, ASU) completed (co-advised w/ J. Harrison).  (Dissertation: "Locust outbreaks and migration in the Asian steppe:  The influence of land management practices and host plant nutrient status"), Fall 2008 - Spring 2012).  Current position: associate professor, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.
  • Michelle McCrackin (Fulbright Fellow - Norway), Ph.D. (Biology, ASU) completed (Dissertation: "Denitrification and greenhouse gas dynamics in lakes receiving atmospheric nitrogen deposition"), Fall 2006 - Fall 2010. Current position: Fellow, AAAS Science & Technology Policy program.
  • James Watts, Ph.D. candidate, Fall 2001 - Fall 2007 (left program).
  • Jen Harden, M.N.S. completed, Fall 2002 - December 2004.
  • Linda Gudex, M.S. (Biology, ASU), completed, (Thesis: “Zooplankton-cyanobacteria interactions”), Fall 1998 - Spring 2003.
  • Jessica Clasen, M.S. (Biology, ASU), completed, (Thesis: “Aquatic viral ecology”), Fall 1998 - Fall 2000.  Current position:  instructor, Douglas College.
  • Paul Frost, Ph.D. (Biology, ASU) completed (Dissertation: "Ecological stoichiometry in the benthos of boreal lakes"), Fall 1997 - Spring 2000.  Current position: David Schindler Endowed Professor of Aquatic Science, Trent University.
  • Dean Dobberfuhl, Ph.D. (Biology, ASU) completed (Dissertation: "Elemental stoichiometry in crustacean zooplankton: phylogenetic patterns, physiological mechanisms, and ecological consequences"), Fall 1993 - Spring 1999.  Current position: staff scientist, St. John’s River Water Management District.
  • Neil MacKay, Ph.D. (Biology, ASU) completed (Dissertation: “Ecological stoichiometry of zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions”), Fall 1992 - Fall 1996.  Current position: professor, Scottsdale Community College.
  • David Frees, M.S. (Biology, ASU), completed (Thesis: "Intraguild predation in the pelagic zone: effects of Diacyclops on contrasting zooplankton communities"), Fall 1991 - Spring 1994.  
Service
  • University of Arkansas, tenure packet reviewer (2013 - Present)
  • Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, Mesa, AZ., Meeting speaker (2011 - Present)
  • Paradise Valley Rotary Club, Paradise Valley, AZ, Meeting speaker (2011 - Present)
  • ASU STEM-Net annual meeting, Plenary speaker (2011 - Present)
  • AGU annual meeting, Special Session Organizer (2010 - Present)
  • Program review, Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, external reviewer (2010 - Present)
  • "A weak link: phosphorus scarcity and our food chain." CSPO Science Café, AZ Science Center 2010 "Phosphorus, food, and our future." AZ Science Center., speaker (2010 - Present)
  • NASA press conference on arsenic-based life, expert on phosphorus in ecology & evolution (2010 - Present)
  • Gordon Research Conference, Metabolic Ecology, Co-chair (2010 - Present)
  • Gordon Research Conference, Metabolic Ecology, Co-chair (2010 - Present)
  • Michigan State University, tenure packet reviewer (2010 - Present)
  • "Phosphorus, food, and our future." AZ Science Center., speaker (2010 - Present)
  • American Naturalist, Associate Editor (2010 - Present)
  • Meetings committee, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, chair (2009 - Present)
  • Meetings committee, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, chair (2009 - Present)
  • Meetings committee, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, chair (2009 - Present)
  • Obama Scholars program, mentor (2009 - Present)
  • Professor of the Year selection committee, member (2009 - Present)
  • Professor of the Year selection committee, member (2009 - Present)
  • Distinguished Teaching Academy, member (2009 - Present)
  • Distinguished Teaching Academy, member (2009 - Present)
  • Research and Training Initiatives committee, chair (2009 - Present)
  • Advisory Committee for Origins Institute, member (2008 - Present)
  • Origins Institute advisory committee, member (2008 - Present)
  • Origins Institute advisory committee, member (2008 - Present)
  • Origins Institute advisory committee, member (2008 - Present)
  • Darwinfest organizing committee, member (2008 - Present)
  • OVPREA Limited Submissions, reviewer (2008 - Present)
  • Search committee for chair of Department of Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences (DINS), ASU West, member (2007 - Present)
  • Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Science (EEES) Personnel Committee (SOLS), Member (2006 - Present)
  • Nature, Reviewer (2006 - Present)
  • Various disciplinary journals (3-5 manuscripts per year), Reviewer (2006 - Present)
  • NCEAS working group, Invited Participant (2005 - Present)
  • Research and Training Initiatives, Associate Dean (2005 - Present)
  • Research and Training Initiatives, Associate Dean (2005 - Present)
  • Research and Training Initiatives, Associate Director (2005 - Present)
  • SOLS Executive Committee, Member (2005 - Present)
  • SOLS Executive Committee, member (2005 - Present)
  • Ecology Letters, Associate Editor (2002 - Present)
  • Ecology Letters, Associate Editor (2002 - Present)
  • Association of the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography, President (2014 - 2016)
  • National Science Foundation, Reviewer (2010 - 2015)
  • Various disciplinary journals (10-12 manuscripts per year), Reviewer (2010 - 2015)
  • Fourth International Phosphorus Summit (Montpelier, France), Scientific Organizing Committee (2013 - 2014)
  • Association of the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography, President-elect (2012 - 2014)
  • Lisa Dent Fellowship selection committee, Member (2014 - 2014)
  • Annual meeting, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (Otsu, Japan, 2012), Committee member, scientific organizing committee (2011 - 2012)
  • Gordon Research Conference, Metabolic Ecology, Co-chair (2010 - 2012)
  • SOLS Ask-a-Biologist Program, Answerer of Questions (2009 - 2011)
  • American Naturalist, Associate Editor (2010 - 2011)
  • Ecology Letters, Associate Editor (2002 - 2011)
  • Research and Training Initiatives, Associate Dean (2005 - 2011)
  • SOLS Executive Committee, Member (2005 - 2011)
  • Frontiers in Life Sciences planning committee (Sustainable P Summit), Faculty Co-Advisor (2010 - 2011)
  • National Science Foundation, Reviewer (2010 - 2010)
  • Various disciplinary journals (10-12 manuscripts per year), Reviewer (2010 - 2010)
  • School of Life Sciences, Acting Dean (2009 - 2010)
  • Gordon Research Conference, Metabolic Basis of Ecology (University of New England), Vice-chair (2008 - 2010)
  • "Think Tank on Macronutrient Cycles", Royal Society NERC / GERC, London, UK., participant (2010 - 2010)
  • National Science Foundation, Reviewer (2009 - 2009)
  • SOLS Ask-a-Biologist Program, Answerer of Questions (2009 - 2009)
  • Woodstoich 2009: The present and future of biological stoichiometry, Co-organizer (2009 - 2009)
  • Nature, Reviewer (2006 - 2009)
  • Various disciplinary journals (5-8 manuscripts per year), Reviewer (2006 - 2009)
  • Darwinfest organizing committee, member (2008 - 2009)
  • Arizona Water Institute, liason (2006 - 2009)
  • Ecology Letters, Associate Editor (2002 - 2009)
  • University of California - Santa Barbara, tenure packet reviewer (2009 - 2009)
  • University of California - Santa Barbara, External reviewer for tenure and promotion (2009 - 2009)
  • Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Science (EEES) Personnel Committee (SOLS), Member (2006 - 2009)
  • NSF-funded forum on The Future of Synthesis in Ecology, participant (2008 - 2008)
  • Michigan State University, tenure packet reviewer (2008 - 2008)
  • National Science Foundation Ecological Studies panel, panel member (2008 - 2008)
  • National Science Foundation Site Review Team (McMurdo LTER), member (2008 - 2008)
  • CLAS committee on implementation of Science and Society requirement, College Committee (2005 - 2007)
  • CLAS committee on implementation of Science and Society requirement, Committee Member (2005 - 2007)
  • OVPREA Internal Review committee, ASU member (2007 - 2007)
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Co-organizer (2004 - 2007)
  • ASU Internal Submissions review committee for SFAz CAA awards, Reviewer (2007 - 2007)
  • PNAS, Reviewer (2006 - 2006)
  • SOLS Ask-a-Biologist Program, Answerer of Questions (2006 - 2006)
  • Science, Reviewer (2006 - 2006)
  • OVPREA ad hoc committee to develop policy on Classified Research, Committee member (2006 - 2006)
  • Ad hoc Theoretical Biology organizing committee, Chair (2004 - 2006)
  • CLAS Committee on Implementing Science and Society Requirement, Member (2005 - 2006)
  • Search Committee, Associate Director of Graduate Programs, Chair (2005 - 2005)
  • NSF CAREER program, Reviewer (2005 - 2005)
  • University of Oklahoma, External reviewer for tenure and promotion (2005 - 2005)
  • U.S. organizer for NSF-funded international exchange, Organizer (2002 - 2005)
  • Search Committee for SOLS Associate Director for Graduate Programs, Chair (2005 - 2005)
  • University of Oklahoma, External reviewer of tenure/promotion application (2005 - 2005)
  • School of Life Sciences Research and Training Initiatives committee, Committee member (2004 - 2005)
  • National Science Foundation OISE Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE) review panel, Panelist (2005 - 2005)
  • Intel International Science Fair, Judge (2005 - 2005)
  • National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education, Panelist (2005 - 2005)
  • School of Life Sciences Research and Training Initiatives committee, (2004 - 2005)
  • ASLO winter meeting, Special Session Organizer (2005 - 2005)
  • Ecological Applications, Associate editor (2003 - 2004)
  • Limnology and Oceanography special issue on Biocomplexity, Associate Editor (2003 - 2004)
  • Ecological Applications, Associate Editor (2001 - 2004)
  • Honeybee Reproductive Physiologist Search Committee, Member (2004)
  • National Institutes of Environmental Health, Superfund Basic Research Grant Program, Reviewer (2004)
  • Norwegian Center for Advanced Study "Woodstoich" conference, Co-organizer (2004)
  • Oikos, Guest Associate Editor (2004)
  • Various disciplinary journals (3-5 manuscripts per year), Reviewer (2004)
  • Center for Advanced Study of the Norwegian Academy of Letters and Sciences and Department of Biology, Visiting Research Fellow and Fulbright Scholar (2003 - 2003)
  • Nominations Committee for ASLO elected offices, Chair (2002 - 2003)
  • American Naturalist, Associate Editor (2000 - 2003)
  • American Naturalist, Associate Editor (2003)
  • CLAS Dean's Committee on Reorganization of the Life Sciences, Committee member (2003)
  • EPA, Reviewer (2003)
  • Nominations Committee, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Chair (2003)
  • Undergraduate Programs, Director (2003)
  • Various disciplinary journals (3-5 manuscripts), Reviewer (2003)
  • Dean's Committee on Reorganization of the Life Sciences, College Committee (2002 - 2003)
  • UG Programs Director, (1999 - 2003)
  • Biology Department Undergraduate Programs Committee, (1998 - 2003)
  • ASLO Student Poster Awards, Judge (2002 - 2002)
  • NASA Astrobiology Science Steering Group and Mars Exploration Payload Analysis Group, Member (2002 - 2002)
  • University of Kansas, External reviewer for tenure and promotion (2002 - 2002)
  • Biology Department Advisory Committee, (2000 - 2002)
  • Oecologia, Associate Editor (1999 - 2002)
  • ASLO summer meeting, Special Session Organizer (2002 - 2002)
  • Biology Department Personnel Committee, (2001 - 2002)
  • National Science Foundation Integrated Research Challenges in Environmental Biology (IRCEB) review panel, Panelist (2001 - 2001)
  • ASLO-AGU winter meeting, Special Session Organizer (2001 - 2001)
  • Biology and Society Steering Committee, (1998 - 2000)
  • U.S. Congressional briefing on Biocomplexity, on behalf of the Ecological Society of America, (2000 - 2000)
  • National Science Foundation, Reviewer (Present)
Expertise Areas
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