|
|||||
|
|
Leptodora kindtii survival in the laboratory |
|
| Authors: | Radka Pichlová Anke Weber Brigitte Gosser |
| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Brani?ovská, 31 370 05, ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic 2. CILER, University of Michigan and Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory/NOAA, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA 3. Centre for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Rijksstraatweg 6, 3631 AC, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands 4. Energy and Process Innovation, TNO Environment, PO Box 57, 1780 AB, Den Helder, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | Leptodora kindtii, a pelagic predatory cladoceran, suffers high mortality on transfer to laboratory, which makes the experimental work difficult. We investigated the causes of high mortality, using four variables: water volume, animal density, light intensity, and origin of water for culturing, i.e., water from native or a non-native lake. For the experiments we used Leptodora and water from Lake Loosdrecht and Lake Maarsseveen (The Netherlands). Water was found to be the most important factor; the animals did not necessarily do better in lake water from which they were collected. Water volume and animal density were of limited importance, and light intensity did not affect survival. |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ | |