Unravelling hidden trophic interactions among sea urchin juveniles and macroinvertebrates by DNA amplification
Alberto Sutera, Chiara Bonaviri, Francesco Di Trapani, Francesca La Bella, Vesna Mačić, Olivera Marković, Bernat Hereu, Roberto De Michele
This study uses DNA amplification to detect trophic interactions between sea urchin settlers and macroinvertebrates in algal forests, finding that 17% of invertebrates tested contained sea urchin DNA.
Molecular Ecology · Nov 13, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology