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      Influence of seston quantity and quality on growth of tropical cladocerans Translated title: Influência da quantidade e qualidade do séston sobre o crescimento de cladóceros tropicais

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          The seston of the small, shallow, and tropical lake Monte Alegre was tested for quantity and quality for cladocerans by growth bioassays, which were carried out in spring (Daphnia gessneri and Moina micrura), summer (D. gessneri, M. micrura, Ceriodaphnia cornuta, and Simocephalus mixtus), and winter (D. gessneri and D. ambigua). Cohorts of newborns originating from ovigerous females collected in the lake or from laboratory cultures were submitted, at a room temperature of 23ºC to the following treatments: (1) the chlorophytes Ankistrodesmus falcatus and/or Scenedesmus spinosus; (2) lake seston; and (3) lake seston + chlorophytes. Growth rate, clutch size, and fecundity were evaluated. Seston alone was not the best food for promoting cladoceran growth. There were seasonal differences in food quantity and quality with spring and summer seston being better for growth than that of the winter. Adding chlorophytes to the seston increased clutch size and fecundity for most species in summer and winter, but not in spring. Energy limitation seems to be the most important factor influencing cladoceran growth in summer and especially in winter.

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          O séston do lago Monte Alegre, um lago tropical pequeno e raso, foi testado em relação à quantidade e qualidade para os cladóceros por meio de experimentos de crescimento realizados na primavera (Daphnia gessneri e Moina micrura), no verão (D. gessneri, M. micrura, Ceriodaphnia cornuta e Simocephalus mixtus) e no inverno (D. gessneri e D. ambigua). Coortes de recém-nascidos oriundos de fêmeas ovígeras coletadas no lago ou de culturas de laboratório foram submetidas à temperatura de 23ºC aos seguintes tratamentos: (1) as clorofíceas Ankistrodesmus falcatus e/ou Scenedesmus spinosus, (2) séston do lago e (3) séston + clorofíceas. Foram avaliados a taxa de crescimento, o tamanho da ninhada e a fecundidade. O séston sozinho não foi o melhor alimento para promover o crescimento dos cladóceros. Houve diferenças sazonais quanto à quantidade e à qualidade do alimento, sendo o séston da primavera e o do verão melhores para promover o crescimento que o do inverno. A adição de clorofíceas ao séston aumentou o tamanho da ninhada e a fecundidade para a maioria das espécies no verão e no inverno, mas não na primavera. A limitação de energia parece ser o fator mais importante para o crescimento de cladóceros no verão e, especialmente, no inverno.

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          The factors that regulate energy transfer between primary producers and consumers in aquatic ecosystems have been investigated for more than 50 years. Among all levels of the food web (plants, herbivores, carnivores), the plant-animal interface is the most variable and least predictable link. In hypereutrophic lakes, for example, biomass and energy transfer is often inhibited at the phytoplankton-zooplankton link, resulting in an accumulation of phytoplankton biomass instead of sustaining production at higher trophic levels, such as fish. Accumulation of phytoplankton (especially cyanobacteria) results in severe deterioration of water quality, with detrimental effects on the health of humans and domestic animals, and diminished recreational value of water bodies. We show here that low transfer efficiencies between primary producers and consumers during cyanobacteria bloom conditions are related to low relative eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5omega3) content of the primary producer community. Zooplankton growth and egg production were strongly related to the primary producer 20:5omega3 to carbon ratio. This indicates that limitation of zooplankton production by this essential fatty acid is of central importance at the pelagic producer-consumer interface.
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            DETERMINATION OF CHLOROPHYLL AND PHEO-PIGMENTS: SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC EQUATIONS1

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              THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY SIZE OF FILTER-FEEDING CLADOCERA AND THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF PARTICLE INGESTED

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                Journal
                bjb
                Brazilian Journal of Biology
                Braz. J. Biol.
                Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (São Carlos, SP, Brazil )
                1519-6984
                1678-4375
                February 2005
                : 65
                : 1
                : 77-89
                Affiliations
                [01] Ribeirão Preto SP orgnameUniversidade de São Paulo orgdiv1FFCLRP orgdiv2Departamento de Biologia Brazil
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                S1519-69842005000100011 S1519-6984(05)06500111
                f9e23293-6b59-44ff-8cde-b2a181914f25

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 29 April 2003
                : 28 October 2003
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                growth bioassays,tropical cladocerans,quantidade e qualidade do alimento,experimentos de crescimento,cladóceros tropicais,food quantity and quality

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