Seasonal variations in the metabolic rates of zooplankton populations in a Thames Valley reservoir |
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| Authors: | T. E. Andrew |
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| Affiliation: | (1) The Zoology Department, Royal Holloway College, University of London, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England;(2) Present address: The Limnology Laboratory, the University of Ulster, Traad Point, Drumenagh, Co. Derry, N Ireland |
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| Abstract: | Measurements of metabolic rates of natural populations of zooplankton were made using a closed bottle technique in situ. Results showed a marked seasonality inexplicable in terms of simple temperature functions. For this cladoceran dominated zooplankton, seasonal variations in metabolic response are attributed to a degree of temperature acclimation, to changes in the size structure and species composition of the populations and seasonal variations in food sources. |
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| Keywords: | zooplankton metabolic rates methodology temperature responses acclimation |
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