Trophic Transfer of Macroalgal Fatty Acids in Two Urchin Species: Digestion, Egestion, and Tissue Building

Sea urchins are ecosystem engineers of nearshore benthic communities because of their influence on the abundance and distribution of macroalgal species. Urchins are notoriously inefficient in assimilation of their macroalgal diets, so their fecal production can provide a nutritional subsidy to benth...
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Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Julie B. Schram [verfasserIn]

Julia N. Kobelt [verfasserIn]

Megan N. Dethier [verfasserIn]

Aaron W. E. Galloway [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2018

Schlagwörter:

fatty acids

biomarkers

trophic ecology

egesta

macroalgae

trophic modification

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - Frontiers Media S.A., 2014, 6(2018)

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:6 ; year:2018

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DOI / URN:

10.3389/fevo.2018.00083

Katalog-ID:

DOAJ050336584

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