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Field Assessment of the Predation Risk - Food Availability Trade-Off in Crab Megalopae Settlement

Settlement is a key process for meroplanktonic organisms as it determines distribution of adult populations. Starvation and predation are two of the main mortality causes during this period; therefore, settlement tends to be optimized in microhabitats with high food availability and low predator den...

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Autores principales: Tapia-Lewin, Sebastián, Pardo, Luis Miguel
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/PMC3991660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24748151
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095335