Microplastic burden in marine benthic invertebrates depends on species traits and feeding ecology within biogeographical provinces [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 The microplastic body burden of marine animals is often assumed to reflect levels of environmental contamination, yet variations in feeding ecology and regional trait expression could also affect a species’ risk of contaminant uptake.
Adam Porter +5 more
doaj +3 more sources
Phylogeny of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae) and patterns of asymmetrical diversification in body size and feeding ecology. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 The damselfishes (family Pomacentridae) inhabit near-shore communities in tropical and temperature oceans as one of the major lineages in coral reef fish assemblages. Our understanding of their evolutionary ecology, morphology and function has often been
McCord CL +3 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Growth and feeding ecology of coniform conodonts [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Conodonts were the first vertebrates to develop mineralized dental tools, known as elements. Recent research suggests that conodonts were macrophagous predators and/or scavengers but we do not know how this feeding habit emerged in the earliest coniform ...
Isabella Leonhard +4 more
doaj +3 more sources
Feeding ecology in sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida): what do we know?
Frontiers in Zoology, 2018 Sea spiders (Pycnogonida) are a widespread and phylogenetically important group of marine arthropods. However, their biology remains understudied, and detailed information about their feeding ecology is difficult to find.
Lars Dietz +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Feeding ecology of Serrasalmus gouldingi (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) in the lower Anapu River region, Eastern Amazon, Brazil [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2016 Studies on feeding ecology of fishes are important to understand the relationship between species and environmental seasonal variations. In tropical rivers, these relationships are mainly modeled by hydrological patterns.
Bruno da S. PRUDENTE +3 more
doaj +3 more sources
Co-habiting ants and silverfish display a converging feeding ecology [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Various animal taxa have specialized to living with social hosts. Depending on their level of specialization, these symbiotic animals are characterized by distinct behavioural, chemical, and morphological traits that enable close ...
Thomas Parmentier +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
Changing environmental conditions have altered the feeding ecology of two keystone Arctic marine predators [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Environmental change in the Arctic has impacted the composition and structure of marine food webs. Tracking feeding ecology changes of culturally-valued Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and ringed seals (Pusa hispida) can provide an indication of the ...
Matthew A. Anderson +8 more
doaj +2 more sources
Feeding Ecology of the Critically Endangered Gobio insuyanus (Gobionidae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionDespite the critical conservation status of the endemic gudgeon Gobio insuyanus, its feeding ecology remained unstudied. This research addresses this gap by investigating the diet of G.
Julian E. Johnson +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Journal of Limnology, 2016 Introduced fish are a major threat for high altitude aquatic habitats and Salvelinus fontinalis have been widely used throughout the Alps for stocking lakes and rivers. Understanding its feeding ecology is a basic, but essential tool for interpreting its
Rocco Tiberti +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Are Feeding Modes Concealing Morphofunctional Diversity? The Case of the New World Parrotfishes
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 In functional ecology, morphology is expected to reflect function; however, occasional decoupling of these two can be found. In the case of feeding ecology, the diversity of the diet or diversity of the feeding modes within a clade is expected to be ...
Lucía Pombo-Ayora, Jose Tavera
doaj +1 more source