ICE ALGAE AS FOOD OF AN ANTARCTIC ICE-ASSOCIATED COPEPOD, PARALABIDOCERA ANTARCTICA

Abstract: To investigate the food source of an Antarctic ice-associated copepod, Paralabidocera antarctica (I. C. THOMPSON), the gut contents of the nauplius, cope-podite and adult of this species were observed with a scanning electron microscope. Materials observed were collected in the ice-covered...

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Main Authors: I. C. Thompson, Takao Hoshiai, Atsushi Tanimura, Kentaro Watanabe
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctic
Syowa Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
E. Antarctica
ice algae
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.560.4303
http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~penguin/polarbiosci/issues/pdf/1987-Hoshiai.pdf
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Summary:Abstract: To investigate the food source of an Antarctic ice-associated copepod, Paralabidocera antarctica (I. C. THOMPSON), the gut contents of the nauplius, cope-podite and adult of this species were observed with a scanning electron microscope. Materials observed were collected in the ice-covered sea near Syowa Station (69'00'S, 39'35'E), Antarctica. Remains in the gut consisted of ice-associated diatom frustules, their fragments, and siliceous cyst-like organisms. This indicates that P. antarctica utilizes ice biota which consisted mainly of diatoms as the main food source. 1.

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