Bacterivory: A Novel Feeding Mode for Asteroid Larvae
- 19 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 233 (4770) , 1311-1314
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.233.4770.1311
Abstract
Planktotrophic larvae that occur beneath the annual sea ice in the Antarctic assimilate organic solutes and preferentially ingest bacteria, whereas they actively exclude phytoplankton. In regions where phytoplankton biomass is temporally limited by light or nutrient concentrations, the growth and development of planktotrophic larvae may not be directly coupled to phytoplankton production.Keywords
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