Food Assimilation Efficiency as a Function of Temperature and Meal Size in Larvae of Chaoborus trivittatus (Diptera: Chaoboridae)

Ecological Networks in a Changing Climate

“…At present, there is still no firm consensus among the still too-few studies that have estimated the temperature dependence of ingestion (Kingsolver and Woods, 1998;Rall et al, 2010;Sarmento et al, 2010;Thompson, 1978;Woodward and Hildrew, 2002a) and assimilation rates (e.g. Giguere, 1981;Short and Ward, 1981a,b;Zhang and Li, 2004).…”

Day-Night Vertical Distribution and Feeding Patterns of Fourth Instar ofChaoborus Larvae in a Neotropical Reservoir (Socuy Reservoir, Venezuela)

“…Differences in the proportion of crops with food between larvae populations, can be explained by differences in availability of prey (CHIMNEY et al, 1981), differences in migratory behavior and predation behavior of larvae (GOLDSPINK and SCOTT, 1971;SWIFT, 1976;HARE and CARTER, 1987;FUKUHARA et al, 1993), and variations in time of digestion of different kinds of prey at different temperatures (GIGUÈRE, 1981;MOORE, 1988).…”

Long-term changes in invertebrate size structure and composition in a boreal headwater lake with a known minnow introduction

“…In thermally stratified lakes, zooplankton that show DVM behaviour are likely to experience at least some periods of cooler water temperatures, compared to zooplankton within nearby isothermal lakes. Cooler water temperatures decrease rates of digestion, metabolism, and respiration (Swift, 1976;Giguère, 1981;Spitze, 1985), all of which often increase prey-handling time, and consequently reduce predation rate and success (MacPhee et al, 2011). Hence, predation intensity as inferred by Bosmina size attributes may be sensitive to climate-induced shifts in lake water properties.…”