Faster cattail breakdown is not measured leaf intake

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What changed

The habitat, feeding and algae guides now include a 140-day litter microcosm that separated direct shrimp contact from fecal contact and litter-only controls.

Why it changed

Direct-contact buckets lost more litter mass, but mass loss combined grazing, microbial-film removal, fragmentation and disturbance. Treatment contrasts estimated the shares rather than measuring intake, and the study did not measure shrimp growth, condition, molting, reproduction or health. Its reporting also leaves taxon-label, animal-holding and destructive-sampling analysis conflicts.

Sources reviewed for this change

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3573-4

Affected practical guides

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