The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland
SUMMARY. 1. Ostracods were a numerically abundant component of the benthos >0.1 mm in size (up to 20% of the total) in the Loch of Strathbeg. 2. Distinct assemblages of species were associated with some habitats: Cypridopsis vidua (Müller) and Herpetocypris reptans (Baird) with Eleocharis palustr...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1989.tb01104.x 2024-06-23T07:52:05+00:00 The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland BENZIE, JOHN A. H. 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1989.tb01104.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2427.1989.tb01104.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1989.tb01104.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Freshwater Biology volume 22, issue 2, page 309-321 ISSN 0046-5070 1365-2427 journal-article 1989 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1989.tb01104.x 2024-06-13T04:21:44Z SUMMARY. 1. Ostracods were a numerically abundant component of the benthos >0.1 mm in size (up to 20% of the total) in the Loch of Strathbeg. 2. Distinct assemblages of species were associated with some habitats: Cypridopsis vidua (Müller) and Herpetocypris reptans (Baird) with Eleocharis palustris (L.) beds; Cypria uphtalmica (Jurine), Candona Candida Müller and Cypria exsculpta (Fischer) with Phragmites communis Trin. beds; and Limnocythere inopinata (Baird) with open sand. In contrast, no distinct ostracod assemblage was associated with submerged beds of Chara aspera Detharding, or Myriophyllum spicatum (L.). 3. The number of ostracod species and ostracod diversity increased from open sand through macroalgal and submerged macrophytes to emergent macrophyte habitats and was associated with increasing number of types of detritus. 4. Laboratory experiments suggested that substratum particle size played a dominant role in determining the distribution of L. inopinata. This species preferred sandy sediments. The distributions of both H. reptans and C. vidua were affected by food supply and H. reptans also preferred fine‐grained sediments. The absence of these taxa from some habitats where food supply and sediment particle size conditions were suitable suggested that unmeasured factors played a role. A possible predatory exclusion of H. reptans from such habitats was indicated by a negative association of this species with a predatory mite. Article in Journal/Newspaper Chara aspera Mite Wiley Online Library Dune Lake ENVELOPE(-115.251,-115.251,64.834,64.834) Freshwater Biology 22 2 309 321 |
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SUMMARY. 1. Ostracods were a numerically abundant component of the benthos >0.1 mm in size (up to 20% of the total) in the Loch of Strathbeg. 2. Distinct assemblages of species were associated with some habitats: Cypridopsis vidua (Müller) and Herpetocypris reptans (Baird) with Eleocharis palustris (L.) beds; Cypria uphtalmica (Jurine), Candona Candida Müller and Cypria exsculpta (Fischer) with Phragmites communis Trin. beds; and Limnocythere inopinata (Baird) with open sand. In contrast, no distinct ostracod assemblage was associated with submerged beds of Chara aspera Detharding, or Myriophyllum spicatum (L.). 3. The number of ostracod species and ostracod diversity increased from open sand through macroalgal and submerged macrophytes to emergent macrophyte habitats and was associated with increasing number of types of detritus. 4. Laboratory experiments suggested that substratum particle size played a dominant role in determining the distribution of L. inopinata. This species preferred sandy sediments. The distributions of both H. reptans and C. vidua were affected by food supply and H. reptans also preferred fine‐grained sediments. The absence of these taxa from some habitats where food supply and sediment particle size conditions were suitable suggested that unmeasured factors played a role. A possible predatory exclusion of H. reptans from such habitats was indicated by a negative association of this species with a predatory mite. |
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BENZIE, JOHN A. H. The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland |
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The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland |
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The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland |
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The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland |
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The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland |
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The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland |
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distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (crustacea: ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, loch of strathbeg, north‐east scotland |
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