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The Predation Impact of Larval Pseudorasbora parva (Cyprinidae) on Zooplankton: a Mesocosm Experiment

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The impact of larvae of the fish Pseudorasbora parva on a zooplankton community was studied by adding the fish to tanks housing a zooplankton community established with resting eggs from the bottom sediment of a lake. The fish strongly depressed the populations of most planktonic cladoceran and rotifer species but not the abundances of copepod nauplii or the periphytic rotifers Monostyla spp. and Lecane spp. Gut content analyses showed that the fish larvae strongly selected for the periphytic rotifer Lecane spp.

Source: Journal of Freshwater Ecology

DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2005.9664800

Authors: Takamaru Nagata, Jin-Yong Ha, Takayuki Hanazato

Institution: Shinshu University

Language: English

Topic: Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Subfield: Environmental Chemistry

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science