Temperature and the biogeography of algal stoichiometry

Aim The average carbon‐to‐nitrogen‐to‐phosphorus ratio (C:N:P) of marine algae is known to be tightly coupled to that of the inorganic pools of C , N and P in the ocean interior (i.e. the Redfield ratio), and therefore plays a key role in regulating the C and N cycles in the ocean. The C:N:P ratio of algae also varies substantially, both within and among taxa, in response to variation in the abiotic environment, raising the possibility that...