Effects of food nitrogen content and concentration on the forms of nitrogen excreted by the calanoid copepod, Acartia tonsa

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-17

  Miller, Carolyn A ^a   Roman, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copepod; Excretion; Feeding; Food quality; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; FEEDING; FOOD QUALITY; GRASS; HOMEOSTASIS; INGESTION RATE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL; UREA;

ACARTIA TONSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; URONEMA MARINUM;

EID: 41949087227     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Abou Debs C. Carbon and nitrogen budget of the calanoid copepod Temora stylifera: Effect of food concentration and composition of food. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 15 (1984) 213-223
2. Ambler J.W. Effect of food quantity and quality on egg production of Acartia tonsa Dana from East lagoon, Galveston, Texas. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 23 (1986) 183-196
3. Bamstedt U. Seasonal excretion rates of macrozooplankton from the Swedish west coast. Limnol. Oceanogr. 30 (1985) 607-617
4. Bamstedt U., and Tande K.S. Respiration and excretion rates of Calanus glacialis in arctic waters of the Barents Sea. Mar. Biol. 87 (1985) 257-266
5. Beamish F.W.H., and Medland T.E. Protein sparing effects in large rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Aquaculture 55 (1986) 35-42
6. Bidigare R.R. Nitrogen excretion by marine zooplankton. In: Carpenter E.J., and Capone D.G. (Eds). Nitrogen in the marine environment (1983), Academic Press, New York 385-409
7. Checkley D.M. The egg production of a marine planktonic copepod in relation to its food supply: laboratory studies. Limnol. Oceanogr. 25 (1980) 430-446
8. Checkley D.M. Nitrogen limitation of zooplankton production and its effect on the marine nitrogen cycle. Arch. Hydrobiol. 21 (1985) 103-113
9. Checkley D.M., Dagg M.J., and Uye S. Feeding, excretion and egg production by individuals and populations of the marine, planktonic copepod, Acartia spp. and Centropages furcatus. J. Plankton Res. 14 (1992) 71-96
10. Conover R.J., Bedo A.W., and Spry J.A. Arctic zooplankton prefer living ice algae: a caution for zooplankton excretion measurements. J. Plankton Res. 10 (1988) 267-282
11. Conover R.J., and Corner E.D.S. Respiration and nitrogen excretion by some marine zooplankton in relation to their life cycles. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 48 (1968) 49-75
12. Conover R.J., and Mayzaud P. Respiration and nitrogen excretion of nitrogen zooplankton in relation to potential food supply. In: Persoone G., and Jaspers E. (Eds). 10th European symposium on marine biology, Ostend, Belgium, Sept. 17-23 vol. 2 (1975) 151-163
13. Cowles T.J., Olson R.J., and Chisholm S.W. Food selection by copepods: discrimination on the basis of food quality. Mar. Biol. 100 (1988) 41-49
14. Dagg M., Cowles T., Whitledge T., Smith S., Howe S., and Judkins D. Grazing and excretion by zooplankton in the Peru upwelling system during April 1977. Deep-Sea Res. 27 (1980) 43-59
15. Daro M.H. A simplified 14C method for grazing measurements on natural planktonic populations. Helgolander wiss. Meeresunters. 31 (1978) 241-248
16. Elser J.J., and Hassett R.P. A stoichiometric analysis of the zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions in marine and freshwater ecosystems. Nature 370 (1994) 211-213
17. Farmer L., and Reeve M.R. Role of the free amino acid pool of the copepod Acartia tonsa in adjustment to salinity change. Mar. Biol. 48 (1978) 311-316
18. Gardner W.S., and Paffenhöffer G.A. Nitrogen regeneration by the subtropical marine copepod Eucalanus pileatus. J. Plankton Res. 4 (1982) 725-734
19. Gardner W.S., and Scavia D. Kinetic examination of nitrogen release by zooplankters. Limnol. Oceanogr. 26 (1981) 801-810
20. Giani A. Implications of phytoplankton chemical composition for zooplankton production: experimental evidence. Oecologia 87 (1991) 409-416
21. Gifford D. The protozoan-metazoan trophic link in pelagic ecosystems. J. Protozool. 38 (1991) 81-86
22. Gifford D.J., and Dagg M.J. Feeding of the estuarine copepod Acartia tonsa Dana: carnivory vs. herbivory in natural microplankton assemblages. Bull. Mar. Sci., 43 (1988) 458-468
23. Guillard R.L. Culture of phytoplankton for feeding marine invertebrates. In: Smith W.L., and Chanley M.H. (Eds). Culture of marine invertebrate animals (1975), Plenum Press, New York 211-218
24. Hanna B.A., and Lilly D.M. Growth of Uronema marinum in chemically defined medium. Mar. Biol. 26 (1974) 153-160
25. Hassett R.P., and Landry M.R. Short-term changes in feeding and digestion by the copepod, Calanus pacificus. Mar. Biol. 99 (1988) 63-74
26. Hassett R.P., Cardinale B., Stabler L.B., and Elser J.J. Ecological stoichiometry of N and P in pelagic ecosystems: camparison of lakes and oceans and emphasis on zooplankton- phytoplankton interactions. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42 (1997) 648-662
27. Hewitt D.R., and Irving M.G. Oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion of the brown tiger prawn Penaesu esculentus fed diets of varying protein content. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 96A (1990) 373-378
28. Houde S.E., and Roman M.R. Effects of food quality on the functional ingestion response of the copepod Acartia tonsa. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 40 (1987) 69-70
29. Huntley M., and Boyd C. Food-limited growth of marine zooplankton. The American Naturalist 124 (1984) 455-478
30. Landry M.R. Predicting excretion rates of microzooplankton from carbon metabolism and elementary ratios. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38 (1993) 468-471
31. Lehman J.T. Release and cycling of nutrients between planktonic algae and herbivores. Limnol. Oceanogr. 25 (1980) 620-632
32. Marshall S. The food of Calanus finmarchicus during 1923. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 13 (1924) 473-479
33. Mauchline J. The Biology of Calanoid Copepods. In: Blaxter J.H.S., Southward A.J., and Tyler P.A. (Eds). Advances in Marine Biology 18 (1998), Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 1-710
34. Mayzuad P. Respiration and nitrogen excretion of zooplankton. II. Studies of the metabolic characteristics of starved animals. Mar. Biol. 21 (1973) 19-28
35. Mayzuad P. Respiration and nitrogen excretion of zooplankton. IV. The influence of starvation on the metabolism and the biochemical composition of some species. Mar. Biol. 37 (1976) 47-58
36. Merrell J.R., and Stoecker D.K. Differential grazing on protozoan microplankton by developmental stages of the calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis Poppe. J. Plankton Res. 20 (1998) 289-304
37. Miller C.A., and Landry M.R. Ingestion-independent rates of ammonium excretion by the copepod Calanus pacificus. Mar. Biol. 78 (1984) 265-270
38. Miller, C.A., 1992. Effects of food quality and quantity on nitrogen excretion by the copepod, Acartia tonsa. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Maryland.
39. Miller C.A., and Glibert P.M. Nitrogen excretion by the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa: results from mesocosm experiments. J. Plankton Res. 20 (1998) 1767-1780
40. In: Nerad T. (Ed). Protists - Algae/Protozoa. December 1989 supplement to the 1985 catalogue (1989), American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD
41. Paffenhöffer G.A., and Gardner W.S. Ammonium release by juveniles and adult females of the sub-tropic marine copepod Eucalanus pacificus. J. Plankton Res. 6 (1984) 505-513
42. Parsons R.T., Maita Y., and Lalli C.M. A Manual of Chemical and Biological Methods for Seawater Analysis (1984), Pergammon Press, New York
43. Parsons R.T., Takahashi M., and Hargrave B. Biological oceanographic Processes. 3rd edition (1984), Pergammon Press, New York
44. Putt M., and Stoecker D.K. An experimentally determined carbon: volume ratio for marine "oligotrichous" ciliates from estuarine and coastal waters. Limnol. Oceanogr. 34 (1989) 1097-1103
45. Quarmby L.M. The influence of temperature and salinity on the nitrogenous excretion of the spot prawn, Pandalus platyceros Brandt. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 87 (1985) 229-239
46. Reaugh M.L., Roman M.R., and Stoecker D.K. Changes in plankton community structure and function in response to variable freshwater flow in two tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, SA. Est. and Coasts 30 (2007) 403-417
47. Rothhaupt K.O. Variations on the zooplankton menu: a reply to the comment by Smith. Limnol. Oceanogr. 36 (1991) 824-827
48. Roman M.R. Feeding of the copepod, Acartia tonsa, on the diatom, Nitzchia closterium, and brown algae (Fucus vesiculosus) detritus. Mar. Biol. 42 (1977) 149-155
49. Roman M.R. Utilization of detritus by the copepod, Acartia tonsa. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29 (1984) 949-959
50. Sterner R.W., and Hessen D.O. Algal nutrient limitation and the nutrition of aquatic herbivores. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 25 (1994) 1-29
51. Snyder, R.A., 1979. Chemosensory-mediated reactions of a suspension-feeding ciliate protest to surface compounds of its bacterial prey. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
52. Soldo A.T., and Merlin E.J. The cultivation of symbiote-free marine ciliates in axenic medium. J. Protozool. 19 (1972) 519-524
53. Stoecker D.K., and Capuzzo J.McD. Predation on protozoa: its importance to zooplankton. J. Plankton Res. 12 (1990) 891-908
54. Tang K.W., and Dam H.G. Limitation of zooplankton production: beyond stoichiometry. Oikos 84 (1999) 537-542
55. Vanderploeg H.A., Laird G.A., Liebig J.R.I., and Gardner W.S. Ammonium release by zooplankton in suspension of heat-killed algae and an evaluation of the flow-cell method. J. Plankton Res. 8 (1986) 341-352