What the largest tadpole feeds on? A detailed analysis of the diet composition of Pseudis minuta tadpoles (Hylidae, Dendropsophini)
Document title: What the largest tadpole feeds on? A detailed analysis of the diet composition of Pseudis minuta tadpoles (Hylidae, Dendropsophini)
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000400432
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Oceanografia, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Year:
Season: Sep
Volumen: 88
Number: 3
Pages: 1397-1400
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract We analyzed the diet of 25 individuals of Pseudis minuta tadpoles which consisted in debris with more than 30%, follow by diatoms, euglenids, green algae, and desmids. With regard to the feeding strategy, P. minuta tadpoles are generalist consumer. The negative correlation between the abundance of items in the digestive tract and the mouth width indicate an effect of metamorphosis on the diet
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Ecología,
Anfibios,
Renacuajos,
Ecología trófica,
Espectro trófico,
Pseudis minuta,
Hylidae
Keyword: Biology,
Ecology,
Amphibians,
Tadpoles,
Trophic ecology,
Trophic spectrum,
Pseudis minuta,
Hylidae
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