Is competition an interaction as relevant as predation for tropical planktonic cladocerans?

Abstract Aim To test the relevance of competition and predation for the two most abundant and frequent cladoceran populations, the medium-sized Ceriodaphnia richardi Sars, 1901 and the large-sized Daphnia gessneri Herbst, 1967, in a tropical shallow lake. Methods Laboratory experiments and weekly...

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Main Authors: Tânia Cristina dos Santos Ferreira, Marlene Sofia Arcifa, Andrés Ricardo Domingos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2018-03-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2018000100301&lng=en&tlng=en