Trophic Efficiency Facilitates Larval Shortbelly Rockfish (Sebastes jordani) Development
G. T. Kwan, K. A. Walsh, A. R. Thompson, N. J. Ben-Aderet, H. W. Fennie, B. X. Semmens, R. Swalethorp
The paper tests the TEEL hypothesis by analyzing larval rockfish diets and finds that lower trophic position prey correlates with better growth and survival.
bioRxiv · Oct 18, 2023Ecology