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Comparative metabolic ecology of tropical herbivorous echinoids on a coral reef
BACKGROUND: The metabolic rate of consumers is a key driver of ecosystem dynamics. On coral reefs, herbivorous echinoids consume fleshy algae, facilitating the growth of reef-building calcified organisms; however, little is known about differences among species in their metabolic and functional ecol...
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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/PMC5773235/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29346442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190470 |