Effect of growth rate of the food alga on the growth/ingestion efficiency of a marine herbivore
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 60 (3) , 681-702
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400040376
Abstract
The chlorophycean alga,Brachiomonas submarinavar.pulsiferaDroop, was grown in two bacteria-free chemostats, differing only in the amount of light each received. Investigations were made into the changes in biochemical composition and calorific value of the cells when they were grown at different growth rates. This information was used to help to explain changes in the growth efficiency of the rotiferBrachionus plicatilisMiiller, grown in a bacteria-free chemostat which was linked to one of the algal chemostats, the algae being supplied as the source of food.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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