Selective predation by Neomysis mercedis in Lake Washington

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25 September 2017

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Published by Center for Open Science in OSF Preprints

https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/k34vd

Abstract

Ahstroct Feeding experiments and examination of gut contents show that Neomysis mercedis is an effective predator on zooplankton in Lake Washington. Daphnia is consistently preferred to other prey; Diaptomus and Cyclops copepodids and nauplii are always underrepresented in mysid diets. This pattern of selectivity is consistent with the hypothesis that a large population of Neomysis formerly excluded Daphnia from the lake.

Keywords

PREY
GUT
PREDATOR
LAKE
WASHINGTON
NAUPLII
CYCLOPS
NEOMYSIS MERCEDIS

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Published version: Limnology and Oceanography, 26 (3), 445.

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