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Bosmina longirostris

Wikipedia Abstract

Bosmina longirostris is a species of water flea found in the Great Lakes and Central Europe. It is found in the plankton near the shoreline of lakes and ponds.
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Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Asterionella formosa[1]
Ceratium hirundinella[1]
Cyclotella comensis[1]
Cyclotella kã¼tzingiana[1]
Elakatothrix genevensis[1]
Gymnodinium helveticum[1]
Stephanodiscus medius[1]

Predators

Acanthobrama terraesanctae (Kinneret bleak)[2]
Acanthocyclops gigas[1]
Asplanchna priodonta[1]
Carassius carassius (Crucian carp)[3]
Cyclops scutifer[1]
Gasterosteus aculeatus (Alaskan stickleback)[1]
Heterocope appendiculata[1]
Hypomesus transpacificus (Delta smelt)[4]
Limnothrissa miodon (Stapper's sprat)[5]
Polyphemus pediculus[1]
Salvelinus alpinus (Arctic charr)[1]

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Citations

Species recognized by , , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Food web topology and parasites in the pelagic zone of a subarctic lake, Per-Arne Amundsen, Kevin D. Lafferty, Rune Knudsen, Raul Primicerio, Anders Klemetsen and Armand M. Kuris, Journal of Animal Ecology 2009, 78, 563–572 ♦ 2Azoulay, B. and M. Gophen, 1992. Feeding habits of larval Mirogrex terraesanctae (Steinitz, 1952) in Lake Kinneret I. Field study. Hydrobiologia 246(3):243-249 ♦ 3Seasonal feeding activity and ontogenetic dietary shifts in crucian carp, Carassius carassius, Olli-Pekka Penttinen & Ismo J. Holopainen, Environmental Biology of Fishes 33: 215-221, 1992. ♦ 4Life History and Status of Delta Smelt in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary, California, PETER B. MOYLE, BRUCE HERBOLD, DONALD E. STEVENS AND LEE W. MILLER, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 121:67-77, 1992 ♦ 5Marshall, B.E. (1980) Aspects of the ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in the Sanyati Basin, Lake Kariba. Kariba, Zimbabwe, Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management , 7pp. (Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute Project Report,35)
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