The mysterious feeding ecology of leptocephali: a unique strategy of consuming marine snow materials
The mysterious feeding ecology of leptocephali: a unique strategy of consuming marine snow materials
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Tokyo: Springer Japan
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English
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Leptocephalus larvae have transparent bodies with tubular intestines that usually lack identifiable food items when they are collected, so mystery has surrounded efforts to determine what they feed on. Artificially spawned and reared first-feeding larvae were found to be highly selective in what they would eat, but they would consume rotifers and e...
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The mysterious feeding ecology of leptocephali: a unique strategy of consuming marine snow materials
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2478870035
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2478870035
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0919-9268
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1444-2906
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10.1007/s12562-020-01477-3
