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  Consumer-induced changes in phytoplankton: inducibility, costs, benefits and the impact on grazers.

van Donk, E., Lürling, M., & Lampert, W. (1999). Consumer-induced changes in phytoplankton: inducibility, costs, benefits and the impact on grazers. In R. Tollrian, & C. D. Harvell (Eds.), The Ecology and Evolution of Inducible Defenses (pp. 89-103). Princeton/USA: Princeton University Press.

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van Donk, Ellen, Author
Lürling, Miquel1, Author           
Lampert, Winfried1, Author           
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1Department Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society, ou_976547              

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 Abstract: While inducible defenses of terrestrial plants against herbivores have long been known, only recently have corresponding responses of phytoplankton to their consumers been reported. Several chlorococcal algal species are able to adjust their phenotype (colony form, spines) to grazing pressure within hours or a few generations. The responses are triggered by information chemicals based on an immediate perception of consumer density. Several zooplankton species induce spines or colony formation in various species of Scenedesmus and Coelastrum. Induced changes in algae confer grazing resistance against small zooplankton and can be interpreted as an adaptive antiherbivore strategy. Reduced algal palatability results in life history effects (lower growth and fecundity) on small Daphnia species, but not on large ones. Forming colonies does not seem to lower algal growth rates, but algal colonies may have higher sinking rates. Inducible phenotypic responses may be a consequence of a trade-off between higher sinking rates and grazing resistance of colonial forms. They may have evolved in response to the variable conditions in the lake pelagic zone.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 1999
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: eDoc: 123120
Other: Pb 114/10083
Other: 1739/S 37383
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Title: The Ecology and Evolution of Inducible Defenses
Source Genre: Book
 Creator(s):
Tollrian, Ralph1, Editor           
Harvell, C. Drew, Editor
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1 Department Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society, ou_976547            
Publ. Info: Princeton/USA : Princeton University Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 89 - 103 Identifier: ISBN: 0-691-01221-0