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Fatty acid analyses provide novel insights on hippo defecation and consequences for aquatic food webs

By defecating grasses into aquatic systems at massive scales and intensities, hippos can initiate complex changes to aquatic ecosystems. However, consequent effects on food webs are not well understood, particularly regarding shifts in basal resource contributions to consumer diets and their physiol...

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Autores principales: Dawson, Jessica, Pillay, Deena, Perissinotto, Renzo, Richoux, Nicole B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32694566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68369-5