van Duren, L.A. (2000). Moving (in) water: behavioural kinematics, energetics and hydrodynamics of the calanoid copepod Temora longicornis (Müller). Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. 198 pp.

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van Duren, L.A.

2000

198 pp.

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The calanoid copepod Temora longicornis (Müller) is one of the most abundant copepod species in temperate waters of the northern hemisphere. Like most calanoids, it creates a feeding current with which is perceives food and draws food towards the mouth appendages. Swinning and feeding are therefore closely linked. T. longicornis is often descriped as a herbivorous filter feeder, foraging mainly on unicellular algae, but field studies have also indicated that T. longicornis can switch to a carnivorous mode. In laboratory cultures T longicornis thrives best on a mixture of different algae and larger heterotrophic flagellates.

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