Selective Feeding by a Predatory Sea Star Across a Depth Gradient in Northern Patagonia, Chile

Sea stars often function as keystone predators in food webs of intertidal and subtidal communities, especially in temperate and sub-polar regions. In South America the sea star Cosmasterias lurida is distributed along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Patagonia and is one of the most conspicuo...

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Main Authors: Ignacio Garrido, Luis Miguel Pardo, Ladd E. Johnson, Dirk Schories
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.636208/full