Species specific differences in the ingestion of Microcystis cells by the calanoid copepods Eurytemora affinis and Pseudodiaptomus forbesi

Abstract

Copepod species showed large differences in the ingestion of Microcystis cells, but no difference among microcystin producing (MC+) or lacking (MC−) strains in a short feeding experiment. Differences in selective feeding may allow some copepods to better tolerate Microcystis.