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Predatory cues drive colony size reduction in marine diatoms

1. Colony formation is a common feature among nonmotile marine phytoplankton. Several theories exist around the potential benefits of larger colonies. 2. Here, we test the hypothesis that predation is one of the drivers behind colony formation and chain length plasticity. We exposed cultures of Thal...

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Autores principales: Rigby, Kristie, Selander, Erik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34429899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7890