Selective feeding in Southern Ocean key grazers—diet composition of krill and salps

In this manuscript, Pauli et al. directly compare the diets of two key Southern Ocean grazers, krill and salps. The 18S profiles of diet and pellets from both species do not match the planktonic profile, suggesting that both are selective grazers with a similar diet.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Biology
Main Authors: Nora-Charlotte Pauli, Katja Metfies, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Stefan Neuhaus, Martin Graeve, Philipp Wenta, Clara M. Flintrop, Thomas H. Badewien, Morten H. Iversen, Bettina Meyer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Southern Ocean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02581-5
https://doaj.org/article/fb924f1c7aad4f04bc6a134e34807350
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Summary:In this manuscript, Pauli et al. directly compare the diets of two key Southern Ocean grazers, krill and salps. The 18S profiles of diet and pellets from both species do not match the planktonic profile, suggesting that both are selective grazers with a similar diet.

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