Diatoms Versus Copepods: Could Frustule Traits Have a Role in Avoiding Predation?

Predation is one of the strongest selection pressures phytoplankton has evolved strategies to cope with. Concurrently, phytoplankton growth must deal with resource acquisition. Experiments on mono- and mixed cultures of morphologically different diatoms exposed to copepods were performed to assess i...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Petrucciani, Peter Chaerle, Alessandra Norici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.804960/full