@article{fdi:42254,
  title = {{R}ole of bacteria as food for zooplankton in a eutrophic tropical pond ({I}vory {C}oast)},
  author = {{B}ouvy, {M}arc and {A}rfi, {R}obert and {G}uiral, {D}aniel and {P}agano, {M}arc and {S}aint-{J}ean, {L}ucien},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he aim of this study was to determine bacteria could be a substantial source of carbon for zooplankton and whether the grazing pressure of these metazoan filter-feeders could influence the fate of bacterial production. {E}ight grazing experiments using natural bacteria labelled with 3{H} thymidine were conducted in a tropical pond ({I}vory {C}oast) during various phases of biological colonization (rotifer-dominated and copepod-dominated phases of the colonization). {H}igher grazing and clearance rates were observed with rotifers (#{B}rachionus plicatilis$ and #{H}exarthra intermedia$), while very low values where obtained when the cyclopoid copepod #{A}pocyclops panamensis$ was dominant. {L}ess than 1% of the bacterial production was harvested when copepods were dominant, while #{B}. plicatilis$ consumed up to 36% of this production. {H}owever, this consumption of bacteria appeared to contribute only to an insignificant proportion of the daily carbon intake (e.g. 0.9. to 7.1% of body carbon for rotifers). {T}he low contribution of bacteria in the nutrition of zooplankton is discussed in terms of their cell size and their relative abundance in the total amount of seston available. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{ETANG} ; {BACTERIE} ; {BIOMASSE} ; {ZOOPLANCTON} ; {CARBONE} ; {TAUX} {D}'{INGESTION} ; {ROTIFERE} ; {COPEPODE} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}etherlands {J}ournal of {A}quatic {E}cology},
  volume = {28},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {167--174},
  year = {1994},
  DOI = {10.1007/{BF}02333987},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:42254},
}