A Method for Measuring Ingestion Rate of Deposit Feeders and Its Use with the Polychaete Nereis succinea
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Estuaries
- Vol. 3 (1) , 55-60
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1351934
Abstract
In situ ingestion rates of some infaunal deposit feeders can be determined without collecting feces by labeling the sediment with fluorescent particles and using these to trace ingested material through the gut of the animals. This technique was applied to the polychaeteNereis succinea and showed that ingestion rate, expressed as material ingested per body weight, increased with temperature and decreased with body size. Total annual ingestion of sediment and detritus for aN. succinea population in a salt marsh near Beaufort, N.C., was estimated to be 5 kg of dry material m−2, more than 4 times that reported for salt marsh epifaunal deposit feeders. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A01BY009 00005Keywords
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