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ArticleScientific reports2017

Non-reliance of metazoans on stromatolite-forming microbial mats as a food resource.

Gavin M Rishworth, Renzo Perissinotto, Matthew S Bird, Nadine A Strydom, Nasreen Peer, Nelson A F Miranda, Jacqueline L Raw

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Gavin M RishworthDST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.
Renzo PerissinottoDST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.
Matthew S BirdDST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.
Nadine A StrydomDepartment of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.
Nasreen PeerDST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.
Nelson A F MirandaDST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.
Jacqueline L RawDST/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grazing and burrowing organisms usually homogenise microalgal mats that form on benthic sediments of many aquatic ecosystems. In the absence of this disruption, microalgal mats can accrete laminated deposits (stromatolites). Stromatolites are rare in modern coastal ecosystems, but persist at locations where metazoans are largely excluded. This study aimed to assess the trophic structure at stromatolite locations where metazoans co-occur, to determine the grazing influence exerted by the metazoans on the stromatolite-forming microalgae (cyanobacteria and diatoms). Stable isotope signatures (δ

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Aquatic OrganismsFood ChainAnimalsCarbonCyanobacteriaDiatomsEcosystemMicroalgaeNitrogenCarbonNitrogen

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PMID28205600
PMCPMC5311985

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