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AME 23:245-252 (2001)
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Growth and grazing on the 'Texas brown tide' alga Aureoumbra lagunensis by the tintinnid Amphorides quadrilineata
Hans Henrik Jakobsen1,2,*, Cammie Hyatt3, Edward J. Buskey3
1Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Dept of Marine and Coastal Ecology, Kavalergården 6, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
2Marine Biological Laboratory, Strandpromenaden 5, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark
3Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, Texas 78373, USA
*E-mail: hhj@dfu.min.dk
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ABSTRACT: Growth and ingestion by the loricate ciliate Amphorides quadrilineata exposed to increasing dietary doses of the Texas brown tide alga Aureoumbra lagunensis were investigated. The ciliate grew at a maximum rate of 0.38
d-1, ingesting 0.032 ppm (~6.4 ¥ 102 cells) prey d-1on a diet consisting only of Isochrysis galbana. When A. quadrilineata was offered a mixed diet of
I. galbana and A. lagunensis, the growth rate decreased when A. lagunensis made up more than ca 40% of the diet. Ingestion rate by A. quadrilineata remained constant with increasing A. lagunensis proportion in the diet,
which indicates that A. quadrilineata did not avoid feeding on A. lagunensis. The behaviour of A. quadrilineata was largely unchanged when ciliates were fed A. lagunensis. However A. quadrilineata did perform a
significant transient response approx. 60 min after A. quadrilineata was exposed to A. lagunensis by increasing the turning rate per unit time. This study suggests that efficient top-down control of A. lagunensis by heterotrophic
protozoans such as the studied ciliate may not happen as long as phytoplankton organisms other than A. lagunensis make up a minor part of the standing phytoplankton stock.
KEY WORDS: Texas brown tide · Tintinnid · Growth · Ingestion · Harmful algae · Ciliate · Prey selection
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Published in AME Vol.
23, No. 3
(2001) on February 28
ISSN: 0948-3055.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2001
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