Journal
HYDROBIOLOGIA
Volume 798, Issue 1, Pages 119-126Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2436-5
Keywords
Daphnia; Cyanobacteria; Filament length; Zooplankton; Body size; Temperature
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- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education [N N305 134440]
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Filamentous cyanobacteria disturb food collection in Daphnia by mechanical interference with the filtering apparatus by the long trichomes. The intensity of this interference depends on the water temperature and the Daphnia body size. However, Daphnia are capable of breaking down the filaments, therefore improving the palatability of the cyanobacteria. The main objective of this study was to test whether the shortening of cyanobacterial filaments and the ensuing clearance rate of Daphnia would increase at higher temperatures to a greater degree in small-bodied Daphnia species than in large-bodied one. Laboratory feeding experiments were conducted in order to measure variation in the length of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii trichomes and to calculate clearance rate. The filament length and the cyanobacteria clearance rate by Daphnia were calculated following their exposure to grazing by large-bodied D. pulicaria and small-bodied D. longispina in 20, 24, and 28A degrees C. Rising temperature did not affect the intensity of breakage of C. raciborskii trichomes by D. pulicaria and caused decrease in clearance rate of this species, whereas for D. longispina, the temperature increase enhanced both filament breakage and clearance rate. We suggest that these temperature-related changes may affect relative competitive performance of Daphnia species in the presence of cyanobacteria.
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