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Fig. 2

From: Different feeding strategies in Antarctic scavenging amphipods and their implications for colonisation success in times of retreating glaciers

Fig. 2

Experimental setup of feeding trials. a Consumption rates of scavenging amphipod species on fish carcass. t1:Treatment 1, n = 4: W. obesa); t2:Treatment 2, n = 4: C. femoratus, H. kergueleni, O. rotundifrons, large and small (t3:Treatment 3, n = 4: W. obesa, C. femoratus, H. kergueleni, O. rotundifrons) and no (control, n = 4) b Consumption rates and preference of C. femoratus on different food items (t1:Treatment 1, n = 12, macroalga: P. decipiens; Treatment 2, n = 12, fish: N. rossii; Treatment 3, n = 12, choice between P. decipiens and N. rossii; c1–4 controls) c Consumption rates of H. kergueleni on different food items (Treatment 1, n = 12, macroalga P. decipiens; Treatment 2, n = 12, macroalga D. menziesii; Treatment 3, n = 12, fish N. coriiceps; C1–3 controls)

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