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Novel signature fatty acid profile of the giant manta ray suggests reliance on an uncharacterised mesopelagic food source low in polyunsaturated fatty acids
Traditionally, large planktivorous elasmobranchs have been thought to predominantly feed on surface zooplankton during daytime hours. However, the recent application of molecular methods to examine long-term assimilated diets, has revealed that these species likely gain the majority from deeper or d...
Autores principales: | Burgess, Katherine B., Guerrero, Michel, Marshall, Andrea D., Richardson, Anthony J., Bennett, Mike B., Couturier, Lydie I. E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766321/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29329295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186464 |
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