Trophic ecology of the African riverine elephant fishes (Mormyridae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMultiple species of the elephant fishes (Mormyridae) commonly coexist in sympatry in most African tropical rivers and lakes. In this study, we investigated the trophic ecology and potential trophic niche partitioning of eleven mormyrid fish species from ...
Gina Maria Sommer +8 more
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Seasonal Trophic Ecology and Diet Shift in the Common Sole Solea solea in the Central Adriatic Sea [PDF]
Animals, 2022 The common sole, Solea solea, is one the most important commercial species in Europe and, within the Mediterranean, the Adriatic basin is the most crucial area for its production.
Emanuela Fanelli +6 more
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Biological and environmental drivers of trophic ecology in marine fishes - a global perspective. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Dietary niche width and trophic position are key functional traits describing a consumer’s trophic ecology and the role it plays in a community. However, our understanding of the environmental and biological drivers of both traits is predominantly ...
Hayden B +3 more
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Differences in the trophic ecology of micronekton driven by diel vertical migration. [PDF]
Limnol Oceanogr, 2019 Many species of micronekton perform diel vertical migrations (DVMs), which ultimately contributes to carbon export to the deep sea. However, not all micronekton species perform DVM, and the nonmigrators, which are often understudied, have different ...
Romero-Romero S +4 more
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Trophic ecology of ghost crabs with diverse tastes: Unwilling vegetarians
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2019 Food webs on ocean-exposed sandy beaches are almost entirely underpinned by trophic subsidies from the sea. Ghost crabs (Ocypode spp.), which are highly mobile invertebrate consumers that display a diversity of feeding modes, form an important consumer ...
Glenn A Hyndes, Thomas A Schlacher
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Plant toxins and parasitoid trophic ecology
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2019 Parasitoids (parasitic wasps) are ubiquitous components of nearly all communities containing plant-insect herbivore associations. Plant toxin defenses against herbivores may also affect higher trophic levels by directly (e.g., plant toxins encountered in host hemolymph) or indirectly (e.g., plant toxins reduce host size/quality or alter the host's ...
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Combining stable isotope analysis with DNA metabarcoding improves inferences of trophic ecology. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Knowing what animals eat is fundamental to our ability to understand and manage biodiversity and ecosystems, but researchers often must rely on indirect methods to infer trophic position and food intake.
Whitaker MRL +4 more
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Pezizales in Israel: Molecular Phylogenetic and δ13Cδ15N Stable Isotope Data Reveal New Records and Potential Discrepancies in Their Trophic Ecology [PDF]
Journal of FungiThe order Pezizales (Ascomycota) consists of cup and truffle fungi growing in a wide range of habitats and geographical zones worldwide, exhibiting diverse nutritional behaviors.
Segula Masaphy +8 more
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Tropicalization of seagrass macrophytodetritus accumulations and associated food webs
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Seagrass, systems export significant amounts of their primary production as large detritus (i.e. macrophytodetritus). Accumulations of exported macrophytodetritus (AEM) are found in many areas in coastal environment.
Gilles Lepoint, Glenn A. Hyndes
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Ecology, 2023 Popular as aquarium fish, armored catfishes from South America (Pterygoplichthys spp.) have been introduced and become invasive in tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide.
Yasmín Quintana +2 more
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