Ontogenetic predation capacity of Macrobrachium borellii (Caridea: Palaemonidae) on prey from littoral-benthic communities

Macrobrachium borellii is an abundant prawn of the Paraná River floodplain. Newly hatched juveniles have the general characteristics of adults, and they are proposed to have the same feeding habits. Its natural diet is composed mainly of animals' items rather than vegetals, of which dipteran la...

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Main Authors: Débora de Azevedo Carvalho, Pablo Agustín Collins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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