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Massive Consumption of Gelatinous Plankton by Mediterranean Apex Predators

Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen were used to test the hypothesis that stomach content analysis has systematically overlooked the consumption of gelatinous zooplankton by pelagic mesopredators and apex predators. The results strongly supported a major role of gelatinous plankton in the diet of...

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Autores principales: Cardona, Luis, Álvarez de Quevedo, Irene, Borrell, Assumpció, Aguilar, Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22470416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031329