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Differential behaviour and shifts in genotype composition during the beginning of a seasonal period of diel vertical migration

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Cladocera: the Biology of Model Organisms

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 126))

Abstract

During the first few weeks of a recurring seasonal period of diel vertical migration in Lake Maarsseveen (The Netherlands), part of the hybrid Daphnia galeata × hyalina population migrated, while another part remained in the epilimnion. In the epilimnion, 0+ perch prey upon daphnids during daytime. Gradually, the number of adult Daphnia in the epilimnion decrease until the epilimnion is nearly devoid of daphnids. The population as a whole may decrease, as in 1991, or may increase as in 1992. Genotype composition, as determined by allozyme analysis, changed substantially within a fortnight in 1992, and one genotype became dominant. Our data are in agreement with the hypothesis that predation on different genotypes (clones) occurs during the beginning of a seasonal period of diel vertical migration, though our data do not allow to exclude alternative explanations.

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  1. Department of Limnology, EAWAG/ETH, Ueberlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland

    Piet Spaak

  2. Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Limnology and University of Amsterdam, Rijksstraatweg 6, 3631 AC, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands

    Joop Ringelberg

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Spaak, P., Ringelberg, J. (1997). Differential behaviour and shifts in genotype composition during the beginning of a seasonal period of diel vertical migration. In: Brancelj, A., De Meester, L., Spaak, P. (eds) Cladocera: the Biology of Model Organisms. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 126. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4964-8_20

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