Rate of filtering of fecal pellets byAcartia omorii (Copepoda; Calanoida) |
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| Authors: | Tenshi Ayukai |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, 980 Sendai, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Adult females ofAcartia omorii were allowed to feed on fecal pellets voided by its juveniles (copepodite stages I and II) in a mixture with the diatomThalassiosira decipiens. The rate of filtering of pellets by adult females was 50.3 ±11.5 ml indiv–1 d–1, being twice as high as the rate of filtering ofT. decipiens. |
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