Zusammenfassung
Die Algen sind eine Gruppe primitiver Lebewesen mit einer verwirrenden Vielfalt. In den nährstoffreichen, salinen Feuchtgebieten, die vom Zwergflamingo besiedelt werden, entfalten sie eine ungewöhnlich hohe photosynthetische Aktivität und bilden das Futter dieses Nahrungsspezialisten. Der Zwergflamingo ernährt sich bevorzugt von dem Cyanobakterium Arthrospira, das tonnenweise in den Sodaseen Ostafrikas wächst. Doch dieser starke mikroskopische Organismus kann nicht überall gedeihen und muss sich der Konkurrenz anderer Mikrophyten erwehren. Oft sind diese Konkurrenten ungeeignet als Flamingonahrung. Winzigste Grün- und Gelbgrünalgen sind zu klein, um von den Filterlamellen der Vögel aufgenommen zu werden. Andererseits können schleimige Cyanobakterien in großen Kolonien die Werkzeuge zur Nahrungsaufnahme verstopfen. Alternativ können Kieselalgen von den Zwergflamingos verzehrt werden, jedoch ist die Energie, die diese Algen liefern, nicht so hoch, wie jene von Arthrospira.
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Krienitz, L. (2018). Die Algen. In: Die Nachfahren des Feuervogels Phönix. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56586-5_2
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