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The relationship between temperature, competition and the potential for colonization of a subtropical pond by Daphnia magna

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The role that temperature plays in excluding large daphnid species from subtropical and tropical ponds, and competitive relationships between Daphnia laevis and Daphnia magna, are explored. D. magna, a large temperate species is probably not excluded from subtropical or tropical systems by elevated temperatures. However, D. magna was a poorer competitor, under a restricted set of laboratory conditions, than D. laevis, the only pond dwelling daphnid in subtropical Florida. Competition is proposed as one mechanism that may limit the number of daphnid species in subtropical and tropical ponds and lakes. Reduced environmental fluctuations in subtropical and tropical systems (compared with temperate systems) may allow zooplankton populations to reach an environmental carrying capacity where competition limits the number of similar, coexisting species in a habitat.

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Foran, J.A. The relationship between temperature, competition and the potential for colonization of a subtropical pond by Daphnia magna . Hydrobiologia 134, 103–112 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006733

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