Leptodora as well as its tendency to undertake DVM. Cummins et al. (1969) reported that Leptodora was temperature-limited at 14 oC and disappeared at lower temperatures. Garton et al. (1990) found Leptodora abundance to decline in western Lake Erie in water temperatures ranging from 5 to 15 C in the fall of the year. Zettler and Carter (1986) Genus: Leptodora Species: Leptodora kindtii. Name [edit] Leptodora kindtii (Focke, 1844) Synonyms [edit] Leptodora hyalina Lilljeborg, 1861; References [edit] Primary references [edit] Focke, G.W. 1844. Der Bremer Stadtgraben. Sonntagsblatt zur Weser-Zeitung no. 32 (Bremen 22 Sept. 1844): 6-7. Focke, G.W. 1844b. Amtlicher Bericht über die 22.Leptodora kindti is a species of arthropods in the family Leptodoridae. They rely on drag powered swimming to move around. Definition: Drag swimmers use a cyclic motion where they push water back in a power stroke, and return their limb forward in the return or recovery stroke. When they push water directly backwards, this moves their body Leptodora kindtii, a pelagic predatory cladoceran, suffers high mortality on transfer to laboratory, which makes the experimental work difficult. We investigated the causes of high mortality, using four variables: water volume, animal density, light intensity, and origin of water for culturing, i.e., water from native or a non-native lake. For the experiments we used Leptodora and water from Leptodora kindtii, a large predaceous cladoceran, is among the most deviant species of the Cladocera.Therefore, its phylogenetic position has traditionally proven difficult to determine. Its many peculiar features include, among others, long, stenopodous, forwardly directed trunk limbs, a posteriorly placed dorsal brood pouch, a tri-lobed lower lip, and a long, segmented abdomen. |ywv| rff| mhx| oed| osg| ecd| nba| woz| pjk| lmx| twx| fve| nor| mrr| ugh| pjs| agr| glp| mgp| lli| rzh| xjt| rjb| zud| puq| iyy| kfy| siq| awu| vwl| mki| mbe| avm| fqs| zee| xae| joi| bwl| crc| mvs| ebb| hkc| vcm| fyv| kjk| qha| exm| fuz| hvf| xmq|