PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON DIET OF STREAM INVERTEBRATE SPECIES : THE MEIOFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES
PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON DIET OF STREAM INVERTEBRATE SPECIES : THE MEIOFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES
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溪流无脊椎动物物种饮食的初步结果:小型动物群落
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2012
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P. Schmid
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J. M. Schmid;P. Schmid
Gut contents of 32 invertebrate predator species inhabiting the bed sediments of a gravel stream were investigated. In addition, video techniques were used to assess the feeding habits of meiofaunal species. Rotifera and larval instars of Chironomidae were among the most common food resources of small-sized plecopterans and tanypods. Rotifers were also a common food item of other meiofaunal taxa such as predatory microturbellarians, nematodes, oligochaetes, and rotifers. The feeding mechanisms such as filter-feeding, suspension feeding and/or browsing of many meiofaunal taxa, suggest a strong impact on the biofilm coating different particle size-classes. Some species seem to select particular food items within the biofilm layer, while others ingest whole particles depending on oral aperture.