scholarly journals Diversification of sexual sizedimorphism in Cyclops vicinus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet BOZKURT ◽  
Mehmet Fatih CAN
Keyword(s):  
Cyclops Vicinus

Zooplankton in a Danube River Arm near Rusovce (Slovakia)

Biologia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Illyová ◽  
Katarína Bukvayová ◽  
Danka Némethová
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
Zooplankton Biomass ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Total Abundance ◽  
Small Species ◽  
Annual Average ◽  
Keratella Cochlearis ◽  
Chydorus Sphaericus ◽  
Cyclops Vicinus ◽  
The Right

AbstractPoor quantity of zooplankton was recorded in a Danube arm situated on the right side of the Danube River in Slovakia (river km 1857) in 2002 and 2003. All over the year the arm is significantly influenced by groundwater by reason of seepage. Because of low mean water temperature (12°C) and poorly developed macrovegetation in particular, the arm reminds gravel pit-like. The annual average of zooplankton biomass was low and ranged from 0.35 g m−3 (2002) to 1.28 g m−3 (2003), because of low crustacean abundance. Total cladoceran abundance was excessively low in both years and ranged from 3.5 N L−1 (2002) to 16.6 N L−1 (2003). Small species, Bosmina longirostris and Chydorus sphaericus were dominant. Only four adult Copepoda — Cyclops vicinus, Thermocyclops crassus, Eurytemora velox and Eudiaptomus gracilis — were recorded in quantitative samples of both years. In the zooplankton assemblage dominated rotifers (Synchaeta pectinata, Synchaeta oblonga, Polyarthra dolichoptera and Keratella cochlearis) which represented 78% and 67% of total abundance respectively. The total of 19 species of rotifers, 34 Cladocera species and 16 taxa of Copepoda were found.

Der Einfluß von Licht auf die Eiablage des Copepoden Cyclops vicinus / The Influence of Light on the Egg-laying of the Copepod Cyclops vicinus

1971 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 953-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus-Dieter Spindler
Keyword(s):  
Egg Laying ◽  
Continuous Illumination ◽  
Dark Cycle ◽  
Long Day ◽  
Cyclops Vicinus

Cyclops vicinus shows a double-peaked rhythm of egg-laying under long-day-conditions with peaks in a distance of 12 hours. The rhythm of egg-laying is preserved after extirpation of the eyes and also after the passage of long-day-conditions to continuous illumination. The light-dark-cycle acts as a Zeitgeber, copulation is without effect on the rhythm.

Grazing of the copepod Cyclops vicinus on toxic Microcystis aeruginosa: potential for controlling cyanobacterial blooms and transfer of toxins

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakaria A. Mohamed ◽  
Asmaa A. Bakr ◽  
Hamed A. Ghramh
Keyword(s):  
Microcystis Aeruginosa ◽  
Grazing Rate ◽  
Cyanobacterial Blooms ◽  
Feeding Experiments ◽  
Cyclops Vicinus ◽  
Ankistrodesmus Falcatus ◽  
Toxic Cyanobacteria ◽  
Study Laboratory ◽  
Grazer Species

Abstract Grazing of zooplankton on phytoplankton may contribute to a reduction of harmful cyanobacteria in eutrophic waters. However, the feeding capacity and interaction between zooplankton and toxic cyanobacteria vary among grazer species. In this study, laboratory feeding experiments were designed to measure the grazing rate of the copepod Cyclops vicinus on Microcystis aeruginosa and the potential microcystin (MC) accumulation in the grazer. Copepods were fed a mixed diet of the edible green alga Ankistrodesmus falcatus and toxic M. aeruginosa for 10 days. The results showed that C. vicinus efficiently ingested toxic Microcystis cells with high grazing rates, varying during the feeding period (68.9–606.3 Microcystis cells animal-1 d-1) along with Microcystis cell density. Microcystis cells exhibited a remarkable induction in MC production under grazing conditions with concentrations 1.67–12.5 times higher than those in control cultures. Furthermore, C. vicinus was found to accumulate MCs in its body with concentrations increasing during the experiment (0.05–3.21 μg MC animal-1). Further in situ studies are needed to investigate the ability of Cyclops and other copepods to assimilate and detoxify MCs at environmentally relevant concentrations before deciding on the biocontrol of Microcystis blooms by copepods.

Proteocephalus neglectus as a possible indicator of changes in the ecological balance of aquatic environments

1992 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Hanzelová
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Oncorhynchus Mykiss ◽  
Seasonal Dynamics ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Copepod Species ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Copepod Community ◽  
Ecological Relationships ◽  
Predominant Species ◽  
Cyclops Vicinus

ABSTRACTIn an environment seriously impaired by human interference (draining the reservoir), ecological relationships in a community of copepods and their impact on the transmission of the tapeworm Proteocephalus neglectus La Rue. 1911 were studied. The impairment of the environment resulted in changes in the species composition of the copepod community and in the increased diversity of the copepod species, as well as in a multiple inversion of the dominant and subdominant relationships of the two most numerous copepod species (Cyclops vicinus and Eudiaptomus zachariasi). The structure of the developmental stages of the copepod community, the seasonal dynamics of the number of copepods and the abundance of P. neglectus procercoids have changed. The predominant species in the copepod community and the most susceptible intermediate host of P. neglectus (C. vicinus) was not infected. The infection of copepods decreased by 95% and that of the definitive hosts (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by 97·5% compared with the index values recorded in the previous year.

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