Collection of large and small food particles by Bosmina1
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Limnology and Oceanography
- Vol. 30 (5) , 1090-1092
- https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1985.30.5.1090
Abstract
The rate of collection by Bosmina of large and small food particles was measured with 14C‐labeled algae and checked by visual observation. Bosmina collected and ingested a large alga, Cosmarium, about six times faster than a small one, Chlorella. This is consistent with the observation of DeMott and Kerfoot that Bosmina has two modes of feeding: small‐particle filtering and large‐particle grasping.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: