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TI Reprint of: High prey-predator size ratios and unselective feeding in copepods: A seasonal comparison of five species with contrasting feeding modes
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AF DJEGHRI, Nicolas
   ATKINSON, Angus
   FILEMAN, Elaine S.
   HARMER, Rachel A.
   WIDDICOMBE, Claire E.
   MCEVOY, Andrea J.
   CORNWELL, Louise
   MAYOR, Daniel J.
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C1 UBO, IUEM, Lab Sci Environm Marin, LEMAR,UMR6539, Technopole Brest Iroise, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Plymouth Marine Lab, Prospect Pl, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England.
   Univ Hamburg, Inst Hydrobiol & Fisheries Sci, D-22767 Hamburg, Germany.
   Natl Oceanog Ctr, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, Hants, England.
C2 UBO, FRANCE
   PML, UK
   UNIV HAMBURG, GERMANY
   NOC, UK
UM LEMAR
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-europe
IF 4.06
TC 2
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00605/71663/87069.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Copepod;Zooplankton biomass;Feeding;Selectivity;Intraguild predation;Predator-prey size ratio;Western Channel Observatory;Sloppy feeding
AB There has been an upsurge of interest in trait-based approaches to zooplankton, modelling the seasonal changes in the feeding modes of zooplankton in relation to phytoplankton traits such as size or motility. We examined this link at two English Channel plankton monitoring sites south of Plymouth (L4 and E1). At L4 there was a general transition from diatoms in spring to motile microplankton in summer and autumn, but this was not mirrored in the succession of copepod feeding traits; for example the ambushing Oithona similis dominated during the spring diatom bloom. At nearby E1 we measured seasonality of food and grazers, finding strong variation between 2014 and 2015 but overall low mesozooplankton biomass (median 4.5 mg C m(-3)). We also made a seasonal grazing study of five copepods with contrasting feeding modes (Calanus helgolandicus, Ceno-opages typicus, Acartia clausi, Pseudocalanus elongatus and Oithona similis), counting the larger prey items from the natural seston. All species of copepod fed on all food types and differences between their diets were only subtle; the overriding driver of diet was the composition of the prey field. Even the smaller copepods fed on copepod nauplii at significant rates, supporting previous suggestions of the importance of intra-guild predation. All copepods, including O. similis, were capable of tackling extremely long ( > 500 mu m) diatom chains at clearance rates comparable to those on ciliates. Maximum observed prey:predator length ratios ranged from 0.12 (C. helgolandicus) up to 0.52 (O. similis). Unselective feeding behaviour and the ability to remove highly elongated cells have implications for how copepod feeding is represented in ecological and biogeochemical models. 
PY 2019
PD OCT
SO Progress In Oceanography
SN 0079-6611
PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd
VL 177
UT 000489352600012
DI 10.1016/j.pocean.2018.11.005
ID 71663
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