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The transport rate of chalk, clay particles and algal cells (Scenedesmus sp.) through the digestive tract of Streptocephalus torvicornis and Branchipus schaefferi is described under experimental conditions. Differences in transport rate as well as in the degree of digestion at a fixed particle density of algae were found. In S. torvicornis, the transport rate is higher and the digestion of algae lower than in B. schaefferi. These differences might reflect trophic differences related to niche partitioning in these sympatric species.
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Beladjal, L., Peiren, N., Dierckens, K.R. et al. Feeding strategy of two sympatric anostracan species (Crustacea). Hydrobiologia 359, 207–212 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003177828859
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