Abyssal deposit feeders are secondary consumers of detritus and rely on nutrition derived from microbial communities in their guts
Abstract Trophic ecology of detrital-based food webs is still poorly understood. Abyssal plains depend entirely on detritus and are among the most understudied ecosystems, with deposit feeders dominating megafaunal communities. We used compound-specific stable isotope ratios of amino acids (CSIA-AA)...
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Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-06-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91927-4 |
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