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Benthic microalgae serve as the major food resource for porcelain crabs ( petrolisthes spp.) in oyster reefs: Gut content and pigment evidence
| العنوان: | Benthic microalgae serve as the major food resource for porcelain crabs ( petrolisthes spp.) in oyster reefs: Gut content and pigment evidence |
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| المؤلفون: | Zimba, Paul V., Hill, Erin M., Withers, Kim |
| بيانات النشر: | Pubmed |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| المجموعة: | Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi: DSpace Repository |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | benthic diatoms, filamentous cyanobacteria, oyster reef, pigments, porcelain crab, trophic coupling |
| الوصف: | Suspension-feeding porcelain crabs (Petrolisthes spp.) are often the most abundant decapod crustaceans in oyster reef habitat. Analysis of water column and subtidal algal biomass from three Texas estuaries suggests that planktonic food resources are insufficient for porcelain crab growth. Pigment composition of porcelain crab muscle and digestive track contents included the diatom pigment fucoxanthin and cyanobacterial pigment canthaxanthin with digestive track samples containing attached (adnate) benthic diatoms as well as benthic cyanobacteria not found in the water column. Feeding appendages on porcelain crabs include numerous cirri with serrated edges as well as fewer more brush-like longer units. Benthic food resources are in sufficient supply to support porcelain crab biomass. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/90145; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.06.005 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.06.005 |
| الاتاحة: | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/90145 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.06.005 |
| Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.3FD18B73 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.06.005 |
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