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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 19 | NUMBER 8 | PAGES 1069-1079 | 1997
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Predation impact of Cyclops vicinus on the rotifer community in Lake Constance in spring

Tanja Plaßmann, Gerhard Maier1 and Hans Bernd Stich

Institut für Seenforschung Untere Seestraße 81, D-88085 Langenargen 1Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel Olshausenstraße 40, D-24098 Kiel, FRG

Received on February 2, 1997; accepted on April 14, 1997 The predation impact of Cyclops vicinus on rotifers was studied under near-natural conditions in small enclosures to evaluate whether copepod predation is responsible for the decline of rotifers in Lake Constance in spring. Cyclops vicinus fed selectively on Synchaeta spp.; Keratella and Polyarthra spp. were not selected for. Predation rates increased with prey density up to a maximum of 37 Synchueta day–1 at a density of 1.6 x 106 Synchaeta m–2, i.e. at -1200 Synchaeta l–1. Calculation of cropping rates suggests that Cyclops alone can control the abundance of Synchaeta in spring, i.e. that mainly Cyclops is responsible for the decline of Synchaeta species in Lake Constance in May.


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