• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Significance of predator influence on composition of Bosmina spp. populations1
  • Contributor: Stenson, Jan A. E.
  • imprint: Wiley, 1976
  • Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.4319/lo.1976.21.6.0814
  • ISSN: 1939-5590; 0024-3590
  • Keywords: Aquatic Science ; Oceanography
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  • Description: <jats:p>Comparisons between <jats:italic>Bosmina coregoni</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Bosmina longirostris</jats:italic> in fish stomachs and net plankton showed a larger mean size in the stomachs and a clear preference for the larger species, <jats:italic>B. coregoni.</jats:italic> Vertebrate and invertebrate predators may influence distribution and numeric relations between the two species.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access