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| Morais Júnior,Cláudio S. de; Diniz,Leidiane P.; Nascimento Filho,Silvano L. do; Brito,Maiara T. da Silva; Silva,Adilson de O.; Moura,Geraldo J. B. de; Melo Júnior,Mauro de. |
| ABSTRACT Assumptions about the distribution of zooplankton communities in various ecosystems are often limited by lack of data on dispersal mechanisms. Many studies on frog-mediated passive dispersal have been developed in bromeliads, but they usually focus on ostracods and annelids. We investigated the potential for external phoresy of zooplankton (rotifers, cladocerans, copepods) by treefrogs in bromeliad phytotelms. Our hypotheses are that (1) zooplankton composition on frogs’ skin and in phytotelm tanks is similar, and (2) frogs with larger body size carry more propagules of these invertebrates. We filtered phytotelm water (10 to 150 mL) using plankton net (45 µm), and fixed invertebrates with 4% formalin. Frogs were actively collected in and around... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Frog skin; Atlantic forest; Bromeliad; Dispersal; Epizoochory. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212019000100220 |
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