Zooplankton feeding on algae and bacteria under ice in Lake Druzhby, East Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Säwström, Christin, Karlsson, Jan, Laybourn-Parry, Johanna, Granéli, Wilhelm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2009
• Subjects: Ecology; Zooplankton; Algae; Antarctic lake; Bacteria; Feeding rates; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Lake Druzhby; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1477532; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0619-0

The feeding of the cladoceran Daphniopsis studeri on algae and bacteria was investigated under ice in an ultra-oligotrophic Antarctic lake from late autumn (May) to early spring (October) in 2004. D. studeri fed on both algae and bacteria with estimated filtering rates of 0.048 and 0.061 l ind(-1) d...