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The in situ clearance rates of several rotifer species from a small, temperate eutrophic lake were measured using three radioactive tracer cell-types, a bacterium (Aerobacter), a yeast (Rhodotorula), and alga (Chlamydomonas). Rates were below 10 μl/ anim/h but varied significantly among species. Keratella cochlearis, Kellicottia bostoniensis, and Conochilus dossuarius ingested all three tracer cells but rates varied substantially with tracer cell-type. Polyarthra dolichoptera and P. euryptera ingested only the algal cells. Co-occurring forms of K. cochlearis and species of Polyarthra differed markedly in size and in tracer cell utilization, indicating niche diversification in food resources.
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Bogdan, K.G., Gilbert, J.J., Starkweather, P.L. (1980). In Situ Clearance Rates of Planktonic Rotifers. In: Dumont, H.J., Green, J. (eds) Rotatoria. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9209-2_14
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