A New foodweb based on microbes in calcitic caves: The Cansiliella (Beetles) case in Northern Italy
The troglobitic beetle, Cansiliella servadeii (Leptodirini), has specialized mouthparts modified for browsing and feeding under percolating water on moonmilk, a speleothem formation in Grotta della Foos, Italy. Results from analyses of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen suggest thatacquires and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of South Florida Libraries
2011-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Speleology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/74.608.40(1)_Paoletti.et.al.pdf |