1975/08/01 by M. Sheader, F. Evans, Frank Evans · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphipoda #Biology #Calanus #Copepod #Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies #Crustacean #Ecology #Euphausia #Genus #Habit #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology #Nutrient #Phytoplankton #Plankton #Zoology #Zooplankton
paper · doi:10.1017/s0025315400017306
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Previous (workers who have examined the gut contents of members of the genus Parathemisto , and who have kept and fed specimens in laboratory conditions, have concluded that they are chiefly carnivorous in habit, feeding largely on zooplankton, and to a lesser extent on phytoplankton (Conover, 1960; Baker, 1963; Kane, 1967). The gut of P. gaudichaudi has been found to contain almost intact copepods, especially Calanus and occasionally Temora (Bigelow, 1926 – Gulf of Maine); young specimens of Euphausia superba (Hardy & Gunther, 1935 – Antarctic); and copepods (Nemoto & Yoo, 1970). Siegfried (1965 – west coast of S. Africa) found P. gaudichaudi to be a rather indiscriminate feeder, its gut contents reflecting the composition of the plankton.