Gut content analyses of three dominant Antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom EIFEX (European iron fertilization experiment)
Abstract The diet of three Antarctic copepods, Calanus simillimus , Rhincalanus gigas and Pleuromamma robusta , was studied from samples collected during the European iron fertilization experiment (EIFEX) in austral fall 2004. The diet was investigated using microscopical gut content analysis. The f...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00284.x 2024-09-15T17:46:03+00:00 Gut content analyses of three dominant Antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom EIFEX (European iron fertilization experiment) Kruse, Svenja Jansen, Sandra Krägefsky, Sören Bathmann, Ulrich 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00284.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0485.2009.00284.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00284.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Marine Ecology volume 30, issue 3, page 301-312 ISSN 0173-9565 1439-0485 journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00284.x 2024-08-06T04:20:19Z Abstract The diet of three Antarctic copepods, Calanus simillimus , Rhincalanus gigas and Pleuromamma robusta , was studied from samples collected during the European iron fertilization experiment (EIFEX) in austral fall 2004. The diet was investigated using microscopical gut content analysis. The food spectra of the three copepod species showed a clear overlap. The pennate diatom Fragilariopsis kerguelensis was commonly found in all guts. Large numbers of cells were fractured, but some were found complete when arranged as chains. The same was true for the genus Chaetoceros , a centric diatom, of which even their long and complete setae could be observed. In general the ingested food particles extended over a wide size range up to a few 100 μm. The copepod C. simillimus , for example, fed on large foraminifera and swallowed them whole. Compared to C. simillimus and R. gigas , P. robusta guts contained a higher percentage and larger diversity of hard‐shelled protozoa including tintinnids, Radiolaria and Acantharia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Copepods Wiley Online Library Marine Ecology 30 3 301 312 |
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Abstract The diet of three Antarctic copepods, Calanus simillimus , Rhincalanus gigas and Pleuromamma robusta , was studied from samples collected during the European iron fertilization experiment (EIFEX) in austral fall 2004. The diet was investigated using microscopical gut content analysis. The food spectra of the three copepod species showed a clear overlap. The pennate diatom Fragilariopsis kerguelensis was commonly found in all guts. Large numbers of cells were fractured, but some were found complete when arranged as chains. The same was true for the genus Chaetoceros , a centric diatom, of which even their long and complete setae could be observed. In general the ingested food particles extended over a wide size range up to a few 100 μm. The copepod C. simillimus , for example, fed on large foraminifera and swallowed them whole. Compared to C. simillimus and R. gigas , P. robusta guts contained a higher percentage and larger diversity of hard‐shelled protozoa including tintinnids, Radiolaria and Acantharia. |
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Kruse, Svenja Jansen, Sandra Krägefsky, Sören Bathmann, Ulrich Gut content analyses of three dominant Antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom EIFEX (European iron fertilization experiment) |
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Gut content analyses of three dominant Antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom EIFEX (European iron fertilization experiment) |
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Gut content analyses of three dominant Antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom EIFEX (European iron fertilization experiment) |
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Gut content analyses of three dominant Antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom EIFEX (European iron fertilization experiment) |
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Gut content analyses of three dominant Antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom EIFEX (European iron fertilization experiment) |
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Gut content analyses of three dominant Antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom EIFEX (European iron fertilization experiment) |
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gut content analyses of three dominant antarctic copepod species during an induced phytoplankton bloom eifex (european iron fertilization experiment) |
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