Degree of taste discrimination among suspension-feeding cladocerans and copepods: Implications for detritivory and herbivory

We used the Rassoulzadegan-DeMott bead bioassay to evaluate the ability of various pelagic microcrustaceans to discriminate between particles on the basis of taste and size. The test examined zooplankton reactions to fresh algal exudates adsorbed onto polystyrene microspheres. The investigation show... View More