Does Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda) control the population growth of Keratella cochlearis (Rotifera) in the brackish water Darß–Zingst Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)?

Martin Feike,Reinhard Heerkloss

Does Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda) control the population growth of Keratella cochlearis (Rotifera) in the brackish water Darß–Zingst Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)?

2009

Martin Feike
Reinhard Heerkloss

Laboratory experiments and long-term zooplankton monitoring data suggest a possible suppression of the population growth of the rotifer Keratella cochlearis f. tecta by predation by the copepod Eurytemora affinis.

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Copepod
Fishery
Rotifer
Plankton
Keratella cochlearis
Ecology
Brackish water
Predation
Zooplankton
Crustacean
Biology

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