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Does ‘You Are What You Eat’ Apply to Mangrove Grapsid Crabs?

In tropical mangroves, brachyuran crabs have been observed to consume high percentages of leaf litter production. However, questions concerning their ability to assimilate this low-quality food remain, as stable isotope analysis of C and N does not seem to support assimilation. Individuals of the co...

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Autores principales: Bui, Thi Hong Hanh, Lee, Shing Yip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3923878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24551220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089074