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Same species, different prerequisites: investigating body condition and foraging success in young reef sharks between an atoll and an island system

Acquiring and storing energy is vital to sharks of all age-classes. Viviparous shark embryos receive endogenous maternal energy reserves to sustain the first weeks after birth. Then, in order to maintain body condition, sharks must start foraging. Our goal was to understand whether maternal energy i...

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Autores principales: Weideli, Ornella C., Bouyoucos, Ian A., Papastamatiou, Yannis P., Mescam, Gauthier, Rummer, Jodie L., Planes, Serge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6748967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31530846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49761-2