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Significance of predator influence on composition of Bosmina spp. populations 1
Author(s) -
Stenson Jan A. E.
Publication year - 1976
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.1976.21.6.0814
Subject(s) - bosmina , predator , predation , biology , plankton , invertebrate , zooplankton , branchiopoda , cladocera , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , crustacean , zoology , fishery
Comparisons between Bosmina coregoni and Bosmina longirostris in fish stomachs and net plankton showed a larger mean size in the stomachs and a clear preference for the larger species, B. coregoni. Vertebrate and invertebrate predators may influence distribution and numeric relations between the two species.
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