Feeding selectivity of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia) on natural phytoplankton
Phytoplankton in water samples from the lower delta of the Paraná river (Argentina) and in the gut contents of a local populaton of the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea was identified and counted monthly between April 1992 and March 1993. Relative abundances of algal species were generally similar in...
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| Sumario: | Phytoplankton in water samples from the lower delta of the Paraná river (Argentina) and in the gut contents of a local populaton of the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea was identified and counted monthly between April 1992 and March 1993. Relative abundances of algal species were generally similar in the medium and in the stomachs of clams, suggesting the absence of feeding selectivity on the basis of taxonomic group or size-class. Diatoms made up a slightly but consistently larger (yet not significantly different) proportion of the diet of C. fluminea than of the plankton; this pattern is attributed to enhanced preservation of algal siliceous frustules, rather than to feeding selectivity. It is suggested that non-selective feeding by the bivalve is a response to the overall scarcity of food and, probably, to food collection by a combination of deposit and filter feeding. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers. |
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| ISSN: | 00188158 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF00015510 |