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Warming can shift freshwater crustaceans to a 'greener' diet

Warming can shift freshwater crustaceans to a 'greener' diet
Phys.org Tuesday 30 June 2026, 21:20 UTC 1 min read
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Climate change is not only warming our lakes and rivers, it is also changing what invasive species eat. A new experimental study published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters shows that temperature-driven diet shifts in an invasive crustacean could alter its ecological role in freshwater food webs.

Climate change is not only warming our lakes and rivers, it is also changing what invasive species eat. A new experimental study published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters shows that temperature-driven diet shifts in an invasive crustacean could alter its ecological role in freshwater food webs.
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