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Respiration data for different stages of Brachionus calyciflorus, fed with three concentrations of Kirchneriella lunaris at 20°C, are presented. Increasing oxygen consumption from 4.1 to 4.6 .10−3 µl/h × ind. with food decreasing from 5.106 to 106 and 4.105 cells/ml has been fourid for adult females with one egg, but other age groups showed divergent results. Based on the respiration data for age groups o to 12 and 12 to 24 h old and some other results and calculations-e.g. dry weight and caloric content of eggs and females, ingestion rates/h for the different concentrations of food-energy budgets for juvenile, growing B. calyciflorus are presented.
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Leimeroth, N. Respiration of different stages and energy budgets of juvenile brachionus calyciflorus. Hydrobiologia 73, 195–197 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00019446
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