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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY SIZE OF FILTER‐FEEDING CLADOCERA AND THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF PARTICLE INGESTED
Author(s) -
Burns Carolyn W.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1968.13.4.0675
Subject(s) - cladocera , bosmina , carapace , branchiopoda , daphnia , biology , particle size , phytoplankton , zooplankton , crustacean , ecology , zoology , paleontology , nutrient
The maximum size of plastic bead ingested by Bosmina longirostris and six species of Daphnia increased with increasing body size of the animals. The relationship between the diameter ( µ ) of the largest bead ingested ( y ) and carapace length ( x , in mm) is given by an expression, y = 22 x + 4.87. This relationship could be used to predict which members of a phytoplankton community would be available as food for different‐sized species of filter‐feeding Cladocera.