Massive consumption of gelatinous plankton by Mediterranean apex predators.

Massive consumption of gelatinous plankton by Mediterranean apex predators.

Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen were used to test the hypothesis that stomach content analysis has systematically overlooked the consumption of gelatinous zooplankton by pelagic mesopredators and apex predators. The results strongly supported a major role of gelatinous plankton in the diet of...

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Main Authors: Luis Cardona, Irene Álvarez de Quevedo, Assumpció Borrell, Alex Aguilar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3310041?pdf=render

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