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Predatory pelagic water mites, Piona sp., in a small subtropical lake of Argentina showed rapid numerical response and protection from fish consumption. In experiments, predation rates of Piona on cladocerans equalled those of the principle lake planktivore, Moenkhausia intermedia Eigenmann (about 100 prey · predator−1 day−1). As a result, the mites caused a summer depression in the dominant lake zooplankter, Daphnia laevis Birge, evidenced by the analysis of its population dynamics and simple modelling.
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Matveev, V.F., Martinez, C.C. (1990). Can water mites control populations of planktonic Cladocera?. In: Dumont, H.J., Tundisi, J.G., Roche, K. (eds) Intrazooplankton Predation. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2067-5_20
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