Rotifera


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Noun1.Rotifera - a phylum including: rotifersRotifera - a phylum including: rotifers  
phylum Rotifera
animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
rotifer - minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton
phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
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Nos primeiros sete dias em densidades de 5 e 10 peixes/L, os peixes selecionaram mais intensamente os Rotifera, nas densidades de 20 e 40 peixes/L os Cladocera foram os mais selecionados.
Feeding activity and influence of intraspecific competition on zooplankton communities by jundia (Rhamdia quelen Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) in laboratory/Atividade alimentar das formas jovens de jundia (Rhamdia quelen Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) sobre organismos zooplanctonicos, e a influencia da competicao intra-especifica na dieta em laboratorio
Los demas generos presentaron maximas abundancias menores a los 700 org/10 l; Daphnia, Ceriodaphnia (Cladocera) 610 org/10 l y 476 org/10 l respectivamente; Asplanchna (Rotifera) 445 org/10 l; Conochillus (Rotifera) 220 org/10 l; Cyclops (Copepoda) 292 org/10 l; Moina, Alonopsis y Camptocercus (Cladocera) 43 org/10 l, 25 org/10 l y ocho org/10 l respectivamente, y Filinia (Rotifera) 25 org/10 l.
Selectividad del zooplancton y solapamiento trofico entre tallas del pez Menidia humboldtiana (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) en el embalse Danxho, Mexico
These analyses included the extraction of the mastax in Rotifera and the dissection of the appendix in microcrustaceans.
The zooplankton biodiversity of some freshwater environments in Parnaiba basin (Piaui, Northeastern Brazil)/Diversidade do zooplancton de alguns ambientes de agua doce na bacia do rio Parnaiba (Piaui, Nordeste do Brasil)
Rotifera is the dominant group in water with cyanobacteria bloom (Starkweather & Kellar 1983, Gonzalez de Infante 1988, Rocha et al.
Zoo-heleoplankton structure in three artificial ponds of North-eastern Argentina
unicornis (Rotifera), Ceriodaphnia comuta, Moina minuta, Bosmina hagmanni and C.
Zooplankton community resilience and aquatic environmental stability on aquaculture practices: a study using net cages/Resiliencia da comunidade zooplanctonica na aquicultura: um estudo em tanques rede
Combined effects of food concentration and temperature on competition among four species of Brachionus (Rotifera).
Tasa de crecimiento poblacional del rotifero Brachionus rotundiformis (Rotifera: Brachionidae) en un quimiostato de dos camaras
The zooplankton community consisted of 24 taxa, or rather, 4 Cladocera, 2 Copepoda and 18 Rotifera. Copepoda species were constant or common at the sampled sites throughout the period, excepting [P.sub.3].
Water quality and plankton populations in an earthen polyculture pond
inflata Morphotype Cyanobacteria 4 3 3 Chlorophyta 13 4 10 Bacillariophyta 13 8 8 Euglenophyta 2 0 2 Total 32 15 23 Rotifera 12 1 12 Copepoda 5 3 4 Rhizopoda 4 2 3 Cladocera 12 8 5 Nematoda 6 4 5 Insecta 1 0 1 Total 42 18 30
Prey composition in the carnivorous plants Utricularia inflata and U. gibba (Lentibulariaceae) from Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
The Synchaetidae (Rotifera, Monogononta) are represented by 4 genera, being Synchaeta the most representative.
First record of Synchaeta jollyae (Shiel and Koste, 1993) (Rotifera) in the Neotropical region: Furnas Reservoir, MG, Brazil
Key words: rotifera, taxonomy, diversity, distribution, Guatemala, Belize.
The Rotifer fauna of Guatemala and Belize: survey and biogeographical affinities
Of the approximately 1,800 Rotifera species described, only a few are able to tolerate brackish and saline waters (Miracle and Serra, 1989; Onwudinjo and Egborge, 1994; Fontaneto et al., 2006, Zakaria et al., 2007).
Salinity and freshwater discharge determine rotifer distribution at the Mossoro River Estuary (Semiarid Region of Brazil)/Salinidade e descarga de agua doce determinam a distribuicao de rotiferos no estuario do Rio Mossoro (regiao semiarida do Brasil)
The dominance of the Rotifera in both rivers was attributed to their short developmental rate and fish predation on larger zooplankton.
Zooplankton associations and environmental factors in Ogunpa and Ona rivers, Nigeria

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