Grazing and performance of the copepod <i>Pseudodiaptomus poplesia</i> on a Chinese strain of <i>Aureococcus anophagefferens</i>

HE Xuejia; HAN Didi; HAN Liuyu; LU Songhui

doi:10.1007/s13131-018-1168-6

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HE Xuejia, HAN Didi, HAN Liuyu, LU Songhui. Grazing and performance of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus poplesia on a Chinese strain of Aureococcus anophagefferens[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(4): 69-76. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1168-6

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HE Xuejia, HAN Didi, HAN Liuyu, LU Songhui. Grazing and performance of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus poplesia on a Chinese strain of Aureococcus anophagefferens[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(4): 69-76. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1168-6

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Grazing and performance of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus poplesia on a Chinese strain of Aureococcus anophagefferens

doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1168-6

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Research Center of Harmful Algae and Marine Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China;Key Laboratory of Eutrophication and Red Tide Prevention of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Research Center of Harmful Algae and Marine Biology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China;Key Laboratory of Eutrophication and Red Tide Prevention of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China;South China Sea Institute of Planning and Environmental Research, State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou 510300, China

Received Date: 2016-11-24

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Brown tides have recurred in estuary areas globally, but trophic interactions between the causative species Aureococcus anophagefferens and planktonic copepods remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated performance (ingestion, growth, development and reproduction) of the planktonic copepod, Pseudodiaptomus poplesia, offered either mono-algal or mixed-algal diets containing a Chinese strain of A. anophagefferens. A typical Michaelis-Menten pattern existed between ingestion rate and food level when copepod fed on the mono-algal diet of this species. Nauplii exhibited the highest maximum ingestion rate (I_max) than copepodids and adult females. In addition, I_max value was higher in nauplii feeding on A. anophagefferens than on Skeletonema costatum. When fed mixtures of A. anophagefferens and S. costatum, P. poplesia selected against A. anophagefferens cells, but less strongly at the naupliar stage. Nauplii did not undergo metamorphosis and died at late naupliar stages feeding on A. anophagefferens alone, similar to those under starvation. Furthermore, the presence of A. anophagefferens greatly reduced the reproduction rate of females in mixtures but did not influence the growth rate of copepodids. These results suggest that P. poplesia nauplii may exert grazing pressure on A. anophagefferens population during a brown tide, which, however, may not be persistent because of copepod population decline.
- A. anophagefferens,
- copepod,
- grazing,
- growth,
- development,
- reproduction

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