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Bana A Kabalan1, Alexander J Reisinger2, Lauren M Pintor3

  • 1Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32653, USA. bana.kabalan@ufl.edu.

Oecologia
|July 12, 2024
PubMed
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Among-population differences in rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) behavior, specifically boldness and foraging, significantly impact leaf litter breakdown rates in freshwater ecosystems, influencing ecosystem function.

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