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Predation on microcrustaceans in evidence: the role of chaoborid larvae and fish in two shallow and small Neotropical reservoirs

dc.contributor.authorCâmara, Carolina Figueira [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCastilho-noll, Maria Stela Maioli [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorArcifa, Marlene Sofia
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T13:08:58Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T13:08:58Z
dc.date.issued2012-07-01
dc.description.abstractThis study was focused on the predation upon microcrustaceans by an invertebrate predator (chaoborid larvae), and vertebrate predators (fish), in two small reservoirs in southeastern Brazil, with and without macrophytes, in two climatic periods (dry and rainy seasons). Chaoborus larvae were sampled in the limnetic zone, as they are scarce in the littoral, and fish in both limnetic and littoral zones. Their diets were evaluated by the analysis of the crop (chaoborid) or stomach contents (fish). Chaoborid larvae consumed the dinoflagellate Peridinium sp. or other algae, rotifers, and planktonic microcrustaceans. The fish species that included microcrustaceans in their diets were juveniles caught in the littoral. Aquatic insects, plant fragments, and detritus were their major dietary items, microcrustaceans representing a minor item. Planktonic copepods contributed more to the diet of chaoborid larvae than planktonic cladocerans. Fish preyed on planktonic microcrustaceans, as well as on benthic and macrophyte-associated species. Microcrustaceans were not heavily preyed on by chaoborid larvae and fish in both reservoirs.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agropecuária
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade de São Paulo FFCLRP Departamento de Biologia
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agropecuária
dc.format.extent1-14
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-64972012000100002
dc.identifier.citationNauplius. Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia, v. 20, n. 1, p. 1-14, 2012.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S0104-64972012000100002
dc.identifier.fileS0104-64972012000100002.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0104-6497
dc.identifier.scieloS0104-64972012000100002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/132304
dc.identifier.wosZOOREC:ZOOR14901005923
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
dc.relation.ispartofNauplius
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectChaoborusen
dc.subjectCladoceransen
dc.subjectCopepodsen
dc.subjectDieten
dc.subjectFishen
dc.titlePredation on microcrustaceans in evidence: the role of chaoborid larvae and fish in two shallow and small Neotropical reservoirsen
dc.typeArtigo
dspace.entity.typePublication
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabalpt
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, São José do Rio Pretopt
unesp.departmentBiologia - FCAVpt
unesp.departmentZoologia e Botânica - IBILCEpt

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