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Herbivory in the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis (Alcyoniidae)

Our work provides strong support for the hypothesis that Sinularia flexibilis ingests diatoms such as Thalassiosira pseudonana. We assessed algal ingestion by S. flexibilis through estimates of algal removal, histological analyses, scanning electron microscopy observations, and gene expression deter...

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Autores principales: Piccinetti, Chiara C., Ricci, Roberta, Pennesi, Chiara, Radaelli, Giuseppe, Totti, Cecilia, Norici, Alessandra, Giordano, Mario, Olivotto, Ike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26951778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22679