MICROALGAE IN THE DIET OF EUCYPRIS MAREOTICA (CRUSTACEA, OSTRACODA) IN THE HYPERSALINE LAKE CHERSONESSKOYE (CRIMEA)
Journal: Ecologica Montenegrina
Year: 2018

In the Crimea, there are many hypersaline lakes and lagoons, where Eucypris mareotica (Ostracoda), high halotolerant species, inhabit. Despite the wide distribution of the species and the abundance of its populations, little is known about the biology of E. mareotica, including its nutrition. Diversity of microalgae in gut of E. mareotica in Lake Chersonesskoye was studied. The crustaceans ate both phytoplankton and alga, which growth on cladophora filaments, as well as various small animals, bu