Concerns are being raised that microplastic pollution can have detrimental effects on the
feeding of aquatic invertebrates, including zooplankton. Both small plastic fragments …

Many echinoderm larvae exhibit phenotypic plasticity: a change in phenotype in response to
environmental food levels. We investigated phenotypic plasticity in the larvae of the crown-of …

We present a model framework for the simulation of growth and reproduction of Daphnia at
varying conditions of food concentration and temperature. The core of our framework …

Maternal effects have wide-ranging effects on life-history traits. Here, using the crustacean
Daphnia magna, we document a new effect: maternal food quantity affects offspring feeding …

We investigated the role of filament length of the toxic cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis
raciborskii on the grazing of Daphnia magna by providing different food mixtures. It was …

Summary The African shrimp (Atya gabonensis) uses elongated setae to filter feed, adapting
to high flow velocities. The setae's stability stems from carefully designed geometric and …

In many eutrophic lakes, ability to cope with filamentous cyanobacteria is crucial to Daphnia
fitness, as the filaments can reduce food intake by interference with food‐particle retention …

Population size is often regulated by negative feedback between population density and
individual fitness. At high population densities, animals run into double trouble: they might …

Interspecific hybridization is a common phenomenon among Daphnia species (Crustacea:
Anomopoda); interspecific hybrids and parental species have been shown to be ecologically …

In freshwater environments, one of the challenges aquatic grazers face are periods of
suboptimal food quantity and quality. In a life table experiment, the effects of food quantity (a …