The influence of benthic tundra pond vegetation and prey behaviour on zooplankton predation by the flatworm Mesostoma lingua.

Authors

Hugh J. MacIsaac, University of WindsorFollow
T. C. Hutchinson

Author ORCID Identifier

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7264-732X

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1985

Publication Title

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volume

63

Issue

7

First Page

1617

Last Page

1621

Abstract

At the Smoking Hills and Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Mesostoma lingua, a common pond inhabitant, fed heavily on Daphnia pulex and Chironomus riparius, but not on Branchinecta paludosa or Diaptomus arcticus. The presence of alternative prey led to significant reductions in Daphnia predation rates, while the presence of the pond plants Cladophora insignis and Drepanocladus aduncus, which provide shelter and cover, significantly increased predation rates. The advantage of the moss and algal habitat was largely to the predator.-from Authors

DOI

10.1139/z85-239

Recommended Citation

MacIsaac, Hugh J. and Hutchinson, T. C., "The influence of benthic tundra pond vegetation and prey behaviour on zooplankton predation by the flatworm Mesostoma lingua." (1985). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 63, 7, 1617-1621.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/biologypub/570