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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 20 | NUMBER 11 | PAGES 2199-2205 | 1998
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Food quality of detritus derived from the filamentous cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limneticafor Daphnia galeata

Sari Repka1, Michele van der Vlies and Jacobus Vijverberg

Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Limnology Rijksstraatweg 6,3631, AC Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands

Received on February 24, 1998; accepted on June 15, 1998

Detritus derived from the filamentous cyanobacterium ,Oscillatoria limnetica was fed to Daphnia galeataDetritus supported growth and reproduction comparable to that on the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus. The live filaments of O.limnetica were, however, of lower food quality. Biochemical parameters of these food types, thought to be important in Daphnia nutrition, were also determined. It is concluded that detritus can be a good quality food for Daphnia, making eutrophic lakes better food environments than generally assumed.

1Present address: Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Division of Microbiology, BiocenterViikki, FIN-00014 Helsinki University, Finland


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