Predatie door macrozoöplankton: een studie van de ecologische en evolutionaire gevolgen van de macrozoöplanktongemeenschapsstructuur op fytoplankton en de componenten van de microbiële lus
Funder identifier: 971185 en 973185 (Other contract id) Period: October 1997 till September 2001 Status: Completed
Flemish Government; Mobility and Public Works; Flemish Ministry of Mobility and Public Works; Department of Mobility and Public Works; Flanders Hydraulics Research (WL)
Degans, Hanne
De Meester, Luc, promotor
Flemish Government; Economy, Science and Innovation; Intistute for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT), sponsor
Abstract
The study aims at a quantification of the effects of predation by zooplankton on phytoplankton and the components of the microbial loop (ciliates, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria) in shallow, eutrophic lakes and ponds. The study
addresses both ecological (influence on population and community structure) and evolutionary (the evolution of predator-induced defences) aspects. A total of four shallow ponds have been selected as model systems; all of these are shallow and eutrophic but they differ in water transparency ('turbid' versus 'clear' water state), related to the presence or absence of submerged macrophytes).
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