Home for Marine Species: Seagrass Leaves as Vital Spawning Grounds and Food Source

Home for Marine Species: Seagrass Leaves as Vital Spawning Grounds and Food Source

Seagrass beds provide nursery habitats for marine species. Seagrass leaves, in particular, are used as spawning grounds and as a food source for fish and invertebrates, but direct evidence of spawning in seagrass leaves is rare. It is also very challenging to identify eggs through morphological anal...

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Main Authors: Zhijian Jiang, Delian Huang, Yang Fang, Lijun Cui, Chunyu Zhao, Songlin Liu, Yunchao Wu, Qiming Chen, Chanaka Isuranga Premarathne Maha Ranvilage, Jialu He, Xiaoping Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
seagrass
eggs
DNA barcoding
spawning grounds
food source
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00194/full

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