Stable Isotopic Evidence of Mixotrophy in Xylophagaids, Deep-Sea Wood-Boring Bivalves
Deep-sea wood-boring xylophagaid bivalves are thought to ingest only wood and to use nitrogen fixed by their symbiotic microbes. Reconsidering this assumption, we tested whether δ13C and δ15N isotopic values of ten species in four xylophagaid genera collected between 18 m and 4626 m depth suggest th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00050/full |