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Feeding of Acartia tonsa Dana (Copepoda, Calanoida): predation on nauplii of Canuella perplexa T. & A. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the Sluice-dock at Ostend
Tackx, M.; Polk, P. (1982). Feeding of Acartia tonsa Dana (Copepoda, Calanoida): predation on nauplii of Canuella perplexa T. & A. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the Sluice-dock at Ostend. Hydrobiologia 94: 131-133. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00010891
In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: The Hague. ISSN 0018-8158; e-ISSN 1573-5117, more
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Keywords
    Developmental stages > Larvae > Invertebrate larvae > Crustacean larvae > Nauplii
    Interspecific relationships > Predation
    Acartia tonsa Dana, 1849-1852 [WoRMS]; Canuella perplexa Scott T. & Scott A., 1893 [WoRMS]
    ANE, Belgium, Oostende Harbour, Sluice Dock [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal; Brackish water
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Abstract
    Feeding experiments in which the zooplankton fraction of the Sluice-dock smaller than 200 µm is offered to Acartia tonsa, the dominant calanoid of this biotope, show that it feeds on the nauplii of Canuella perplexa, the dominant benthic harpacticoid. The ecological implications of this carnivorous feeding, occurring in the presence of natural phytoplankton concentrations, are briefly discussed.
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