Shannon Point Marine Center Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-27-1986

Keywords

Centropages hamatus, Copepods, Feeding behavior of Copepods

Abstract

Adult copepods Centropages hamatus were induced to feed on 10 to 40 µm Sephadex beads by adding Thalassiosira weissflogii or Scrippsiella trochoidea whole­-cell extract, or filtrate from a T. weiss flogii culture , to a bead suspension. Beads were neither ingested in the absence of a chemical stimulus, nor in the presence of filtrates from cultures of S. trochoidea and Olisthodiscus luteus , or 0. luteus extracts. Extracts from both S. trochoidea and 0. luteus, and filtrate from an 0. luteus culture, appear to exert an inhibitory effect when applied in combination with T. weissflogii extract. Copepods acclimated to T. weissflogii for 24 h did not significantly increase their feeding rate on T. weissflogii­ flavored beads and did not ingest S. trochoidea-flavored beads.

Publication Title

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volume

34

First Page

187

Last Page

190

Required Publisher's Statement

© Inter-Research / Printed in F. R. Germany

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Phytoplankton; Copepoda-Food--Sensory evaluation

Genre/Form

articles

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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