Impact of predation by cyclopoid copepods (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) on zooplankton in a carp pond in Czech Republic

0150504 - HBU-Z 20023140 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Brandl, Zdeněk - Pražáková, M.
Impact of predation by cyclopoid copepods (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) on zooplankton in a carp pond in Czech Republic.
Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. Roč. 66, č. 3 (2002), s. 169-175. ISSN 1211-376X
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KSK6005114
Keywords : predatory feeding * impact of predation * Cyclops vicinus
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

Predation by cyclopoid copepods (Cyclops vicinus Uljanin, 1857, Acanthocyclops robustus (G. O. Sars, 1863), C. strenuus, Fischer, 1851) was measured in field experiments in the pond Velký Pálenec (SW Bohemia, Czech Republic) during two consecutive years. The cyclopoid copepods fed on all common species of rotifers and also on the young larvae of copepods and in some periods also on Daphnia spp. and other cladocerans. The predatory impact of cyclopoid copepod feeding may influence considerably the populations of other zooplankters.
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