I left off with the idea that growing up in a vernal pond is not necessarily straightforward. Depending on the presence of particular predators, juvenile Daphnia can alter their shape, a phenomenon termed predator induced defense. In Daphnia pulex it takes the form of neck teeth or nachenzahne (I’d include a picture but I couldn’t [...]
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Juvenile Defense
Posted in Ecology, Environment, tagged Chaoborus, cladoceran, Daphnia, predator induced defenses, vernal ponds, vernal pools, zooplankton on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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