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Seasonal patterns of lipid reserves and lipid classes of dominant zooplankton in a hyper-eutrophic lake were examined in relation to algal food resources. Triacylglycerol was the principle lipid energy reserve in all five species examined. During the height of the yearlyAphanizomenon flos-aquae bloom, lipid levels of the principle herbivores (Daphnia pulex andLeptodiaptomus sicilis) and an omnivore (Diacyclops bicuspidatus thomasi), were at their lowest concentration, suggesting that this cyanobacterium is nutritionally inadequate. As the cyanobacterial bloom began to collapse, bacterial numbers increased rapidly. The increase in bacterial numbers coincided with a large increase in areal lipid energy reserves ofDiaphanosoma leuchtenbergianum andChydorus sphaericus. Examination of seasonal patterns in the biomass of different algal species suggested thatRhodomonas minuta andCryptomonas erosa played a key role in nutrition, lipid deposition, and reproduction ofD. pulex andL. sicilis.
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Arts, M.T., Evans, M.S. & Robarts, R.D. Seasonal patterns of total and energy reserve lipids of dominant zooplanktonic crustaceans from a hyper-eutrophic lake. Oecologia 90, 560–571 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01875451
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