Flatworm mucus as the base of a food web

Abstract Background By altering their habitats, engineering species can improve their own fitness. However, the effect of this strategy on the fitness of coexisting species or on the structure of the respective food web is poorly understood. In this study, bacteria and bacterivorous nematodes with s...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Wilden, Nabil Majdi, Ute Kuhlicke, Thomas R. Neu, Walter Traunspurger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Ecology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-019-0231-2