Effect of grazing by a neotropical copepod, Notodiaptomus, on a natural cyanobacterial assemblage and on toxic and non-toxic cyanobacterial strains
Författare
Summary, in English
The neotropical, freshwater copepod Notodiaptomus iheringi decreased the growth of small colonies in cyanobacteria-dominated plankton, indicating that they can be efficiently ingested and that they may represent an important food source for this copepod in reservoirs dominated by cyanobacteria. Cultured, colonial, toxic Microcystis aeruginosa was not affected, indicating that toxicity may cause a decrease in its ingestion by N. iheringi.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2003
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1169-1175
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Plankton Research
Volym
25
Issue
9
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Oxford University Press
Ämne
- Ecology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Aquatic Ecology
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0142-7873