Tackx, M. & P. Polk. (1982). Feeding of Acartia tonsa (Copepoda, Calanoida): predation on nauplii of Canuella perplexa T. et A. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the sluice-dock at Ostend. Hydrobiologia. 94(2):131-133, fig. 1, tab. 1. (3-ix-1982).
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Tackx, M. & P. Polk
1982
Feeding of Acartia tonsa (Copepoda, Calanoida): predation on nauplii of Canuella perplexa T. et A. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the sluice-dock at Ostend.
Hydrobiologia
94(2):131-133, fig. 1, tab. 1. (3-ix-1982)
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Feeding experiments in which the zooplankton fraction of the Sluice-dock smaller than 200 Jim is offered to Acartia tansa, the dominant calanoid of this biotope, show that it feeds on the nauplii of Canuella perplexa, the dominant benthic harpacticoid. The ecological implications of this carnivorous feeding, occurring in the presence of natural phytoplankton concentrations, are briefly discussed.
