Adrian Orihuela-Torres, Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Virgilio Hermoso, Félix Picazo, David Sánchez Fernández, Juan M Pérez-García, Francisco Botella, José A Sánchez-Zapata, Esther Sebastián-González
Carrion ecology, i.e. the decomposition and recycling of dead animals, has traditionally been neglected as a key process in ecosystem functioning. Similarly, despite the large threats that inland aquatic ecosystems (hereafter, aquatic ecosystems) face, the scientific literature is still largely biased towards terrestrial ecosystems. However, there has been an increasing number of studies on carrion ecology in aquatic ecosystems in the last two decades, highlighting their key role in nutrient recirculation and disease control...
March 20, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society