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Are There Carnivorous Plants in the Sea?

But what about the sea? Well, there are a lot of mixotrophic plants in the sea that eat other organisms. What happens is that they are unicellular and invisible without a microscope and that is why they are not so well known. Apart from diatoms (algae with a siliceous skeleton) and very few representatives of other groups, the other planktonic algae ...
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Regional landscape differences lead to contrasts in the strength of environmental sorting among crustacean zooplankton metacommunities

Oikos, EarlyView.
Processes underlying metacommunity structuring are important for understanding species tracking of environmental change at a landscape scale. Species' functional traits more closely reflect their ecological roles than taxonomy, therefore, adopting a functional approach allows us a better understanding of metacommunity structuring.
Annabelle Fortin‐Archambault, Beatrix E. Beisner, Alison M. Derry   +2 more
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The planktonic food web in the Gulf of Naples based on the analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios

Marine Ecology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Plankton play a key role in marine food webs by producing and transferring organic matter and energy to higher trophic levels. To define the trophic structure and interactions within the planktonic communities in the Gulf of Naples, we determined carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in particulate organic matter (POM, <20 μm ...
Louise Merquiol, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, Isabella D'Ambra   +2 more
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From traditional practice to unsustainable exploitation: Fruit overharvesting on the endangered relict palm Jubaea chilensis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Overharvesting of wild edible plants poses a growing threat to plant populations worldwide, particularly for slow‐growing species with limited regeneration. We quantified fruit extraction from the third‐largest known population of Jubaea chilensis—an endangered palm endemic to Chile—modeled the critical harvest threshold, and assessed consumer ...
Sebastián Cordero, Francisca Gálvez, Marisol Arriagada‐Honores, Andrés Jesús Garrido, Daniela Paredes‐Muñoz, Bastián Fuentes‐Valdés, Fernanda Torres‐Cifuentes, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +7 more
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Community composition, abundance and activity‐density of carabids and staphylinids depend on prey abundance and adjacent habitat even in diverse agricultural landscapes

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Carabid and staphylinid communities are shaped by adjacent habitat type, prey availability and landscape context, influencing natural pest control across agricultural landscapes. Abstract BACKGROUND The functioning of agroecosystems depends on key ecosystem processes that deliver ecosystem services, yet agricultural management has increasingly shifted ...
Riina Kaasik, Silva Vilumets, Kaia Treier, Uno Roosileht, John M Holland, Eve Veromann   +5 more
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Carnivorous plants: unveiling trophic identity and advanced nitrogen acquisition strategies

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Carnivorous and parasitic plants have captured attention not only for public but also for researchers for centuries. Instead of absorbing inorganic nitrogen from soils, they can obtain some or most of their nutrients from heterotrophic organisms.
Rong Fan, Yuko Takizawa, Prarthana S. Dharampal, Shawn A. Steffan, Yoshito Chikaraishi   +4 more
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Proteomic analysis of pitcher fluid from Nepenthes × ventrata

Data in Brief, 2018
The carnivorous plants of genus Nepenthes produce unique pitchers containing secretory glands, which secrete proteins into the digestive fluid. We investigated protein profile in the pitcher fluid during the first three days of opening to understand ...
Wan Nor Adibah Wan Zakaria, Wan Mohd Aizat, Hoe-Han Goh, Normah Mohd Noor   +3 more
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Environmental Contaminant Accumulation in Freshwater Turtles Inhabiting Three Rivers of the Permian Basin, New Mexico, USA

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are valuable sentinels of aquatic systems due to their long lifespans and resilience in environments impacted by contaminants. The Permian Basin, dominated by the oil and gas sector, spans western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA, including the Pecos River and its tributaries, the Delaware and Black Rivers.
Ana G. G. Sapp, W. Gregory Cope, Christopher E. Moorman, Frank X. Weber, Ivana Mali   +4 more
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Comparative kinematical analyses of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) snap traps

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016
Although the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) can be considered as one of the most extensively investigated carnivorous plants, knowledge is still scarce about diversity of the snap-trap motion, the functionality of snap traps under varying ...
Simon Poppinga, Tim Kampowski, Amélie Metzger, Olga Speck, Thomas Speck   +4 more
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Carnivorous plant systematics [PDF]

Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 2010
As can be expected in an ecologically defined group of organisms, carnivorous plants (unlike orchids or cacti) do not constitute one single natural taxonomic unit marked by common descent and close interrelationship. On the contrary, several lines (derived from four different orders of flowering plants) have given rise to carnivorous families or genera
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