Functional responses of copepod nauplii using a high efficiency gut fluorescence technique
López, E.; Anadón, R.; Harris, R.P. (2007). Functional responses of copepod nauplii using a high efficiency gut fluorescence technique. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 150(5): 893-903. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0387-0
In: Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0025-3162; e-ISSN 1432-1793, more
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- López, E.
- Anadón, R.
- Harris, R.P.
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| Abstract |
To investigate copepod nauplii ingestion rates on phytoplankton, we have adapted the traditional gut fluorescence technique as it can be used with lower gut pigment concentrations. With the improved technique, laboratory experiments were performed to estimate functional responses for nauplii of Calanus helgolandicus and Centropages typicus. Nauplii were raised from eggs to copepodites and the experiments were performed with stages NIV-NV. Gut evacuation rates and ingestion rates were measured on Isochrysis galbana at different concentrations. Specific ingestion rates ranged between 0.038–0.244 µg C µg-1 nauplii C d-1 for C. typicus and 0.041–1.412 µg C µg-1 nauplii C d-1 for C. helgolandicus. Both species showed a type III functional response, reaching a saturation concentration at around 600 µgC l-1 for C. typicus and 800 µgC l-1 for C. helgolandicus. |
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