Experiments on the influence of Chaoborus brasiliensis Theobald, 1901 (Diptera: Chaoboridae) on the diel vertical migration of microcrustaceans from Lake Monte Alegre, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Wj. Minto¹  Ms. Arcifa¹  A. Perticarrari¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo FFCLRP Departamento de BiologiaRibeirão Preto SP ,Brazil

关键词: diel vertical migration;    Daphnia gessneri;    Tropocyclops prasinus meridionalis;    Thermocyclops decipiens;    larvae of Chaoborus brasiliensis;    migração vertical;    Daphnia gessneri;    Tropocyclops prasinus meridionalis;    Thermocyclops decipiens;    larvas de Chaoborus brasiliensis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842010000100006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this work was to evaluate whether diel vertical migration of microcrustaceans from Lake Monte Alegre is related to invertebrate predators, namely larvae of Chaoborus brasiliensis. The hypothesis tested in the experiments was that the migratory behaviour of prey would depend on physical contact with Chaoborus brasiliensis larvae or with kairomones released by them. Two experiments were undertaken in the laboratory, with two treatments and three replicates each. Experiments were carried out in acrylic cylinders 1.5 m high and 0.20 m in diameter. Treatments in Experiment I were: A) predator and kairomones present and B) predator and kairomones present, but predator isolated in net tube inside the cylinder, having no physical contact with prey. Treatments in Experiment II were: A) predator and kairomones absent and B) the same as in experiment I. Physical and chemical factors (temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, electrical conductivity) and food (algae) did not influence vertical distribution of prey, as they were almost homogeneously distributed in the water column in both experiments; food concentrations were not limiting. Adult copepods (Tropocyclops prasinus meridionalis and Thermocyclops decipiens) showed reverse migration in the treatment B of both experiments; the cladoceran Daphnia gessneri migrated nocturnally in the treatment A of the Experiment I; vertical migration was undetectable for copepodites, as well as for Chaoborus larvae. The experiments indicated that Daphnia responded to physical contact with Chaoborus larvae but not to kairomones alone. Adult copepods seemed to be more sensitive to kairomones.

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