Dietary nutrient allocation to somatic tissue synthesis in emerging subimago freshwater mayfly Ephemera danica

Abstract Background The relative importance of nutrients derived from different sources for tissue synthesis is crucial for predicting a species responds to changes in food availability. The ecological and physiological strategies that govern the incorporation and routing of nutrients for reproducti...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Yohannes, Karl-Otto Rothhaupt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Ecology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-018-0213-9