scholarly journals Feeding ecology of free-living aquatic nematodes

1987 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Aquatic Nematodes

Feeding ecology of free-living nematodes.

2021 ◽  
pp. 185-215
Author(s):  
Nabil Majdi ◽  
Tom Moens ◽  
Walter Traunspurger
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
Trophic Interactions ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Environmental Constraints ◽  
Feeding Rates ◽  
Feeding Selectivity ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Aquatic Nematodes ◽  
Food Recognition

Abstract This chapter provides overview of the feeding habits and food sources of aquatic nematodes. The environmental constraints on feeding, food recognition, and feeding selectivity are also addressed, together with the complex, indirect trophic interactions between nematodes and their microbial prey. To raise awareness of the inherent methodological and/or interpretational problems in studies of nematode feeding ecology, the chapter ends with a brief look at the methods that have been adapted to quantify feeding rates in nematodes.

The free-living inland aquatic nematodes of Africa ? a review

Hydrobiologia ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludo J. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Free Living ◽  
Aquatic Nematodes

Feeding ecology of free-living benthic nematodes.

2009 ◽  
pp. 105-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Moens ◽  
W. Traunspurger ◽  
M. Bergtold
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
Free Living

The feeding ecology and field energetics of the Pedra Branca skink (Niveoscincus palfreymani)

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Nigel Brothers ◽  
Alan Wiltshire ◽  
David Pemberton ◽  
Nick Mooney ◽  
Brian Green
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Water Exchange ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Isotope Turnover ◽  
Important Prey ◽  
Fish Remains

The diet and food requirements of free-living Pedra Branca skinks (Niveoscincus palfreymani) were studied on Pedra Branca Island, the only known location for this vulnerable, endemic species. While discarded fish remains and regurgitate from seabirds are utilised as food by the skinks during summer, invertebrates represent the most important prey. Isotope turnover rates indicate that feeding is negligible over winter and that significant amounts of non-food water are turned over during summer, either by drinking rainwater or as pulmo-cutaneous water exchange. An assessment is made of the seasonal and annual food requirements of individual skinks and the population.

A checklist of aquatic nematodes from Cuban Archipelago

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4731 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-320
Author(s):  
JOSÉ ANDRÉS PÉREZ-GARCÍA ◽  
ALEXEI RUIZ-ABIERNO ◽  
MAICKEL ARMENTEROS
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Habitat Type ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Algal Turf ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Seagrass Meadows ◽  
Aquatic Nematodes

The diversity of free-living aquatic nematodes is largely unknown for the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. The Cuban Archipelago is an important part of this because of its large area and diversity of habitats. We analyzed the free-living nematodes from 83 sites from seven aquatic habitats around Cuba, to produce a checklist for many habitats, including seagrass meadows, coral degradation zones, algal turf, bare sands, unvegetated muds, freshwater and anchihaline caves, and deep-sea sediments. The checklist contains 469 species, 229 genera, 50 families, and 9 orders. Chromadorida, Enoplida, and Monhysterida were the best represented orders with 112, 100, and 83 species respectively. The most abundant species were Euchromadora vulgaris, Terschellingia longicaudata, Desmodora pontica, Sabatieria pulchra , and Epsilonema sp. Most of the listed species were new records for the region. There were differences in the number of species recorded in each habitat type, with seagrass meadows having 280 species, coral degradation zones having 139 species, deep waters having 116 species, algal turf having 114 species, bare sands having 100 species, unvegetated muds having 78 species, freshwater caves having 19 species, anchihaline caves having 16 species, and freshwater streams having 6 species. The checklist is the most comprehensive recent report of the diversity of free-living nematodes in the regions of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. The reported diversity is higher than many other regional checklists likely reflecting the intense sampling effort and the variety of microhabitats in Cuban Archipelago. 

scholarly journals A peek into the microbiome of two free-living aquatic nematodes Anticoma & Daptonema

Nematoda ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremiah Lancaster ◽  
Roberto Frontera-Suau ◽  
Eyualem Abebea
Keyword(s):  
Free Living ◽  
Aquatic Nematodes
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