Oxygen Extraction Efficiency and Tolerance to Hypoxia in Sponges
Sponges have always been filter feeders, in contrast to all the other filter-feeding invertebrate groups for which this feeding mode is a secondary adaptation. This study calls attention to this aspect, which explains why sponges are tolerant to hypoxia, but probably not more tolerant than the other...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/1/138 |