Different feeding strategies in Antarctic scavenging amphipods and their implications for colonisation success in times of retreating glaciers

Different feeding strategies in Antarctic scavenging amphipods and their implications for colonisation success in times of retreating glaciers

Abstract Background Scavenger guilds are composed of a variety of species, co-existing in the same habitat and sharing the same niche in the food web. Niche partitioning among them can manifest in different feeding strategies, e.g. during carcass feeding. In the bentho-pelagic realm of the Southern...

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Main Authors: Meike Anna Seefeldt, Gabriela Laura Campana, Dolores Deregibus, María Liliana Quartino, Doris Abele, Ralph Tollrian, Christoph Held
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Southern Ocean
King George Island/ Isla 25 de Mayo
Potter Cove
Succession
Carrion-feeding
Food web
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-017-0248-3

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