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+[[!meta title="Predator-prey interactions between the larvacean Oikopleura dioica and bacterioplankton in enclosed water columns"]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura]]
+
+King, K.R., Hollibaugh, J.T. & Azam, F.
+
+Mar. Biol. (1980) 56: 49–57. doi:10.1007/BF00390593
+
+Predator-prey interactions between the larvacean Oikopleura dioica and bacterioplankton in enclosed water columns
+
+[[!doi 10.1007/BF00390593 desc="“Apparently, O. dioica has minimal influence on the population dynamics of the free-living bacteria, although bacteria may form a substantial portion of the larvacean's diet.”"]]
Ecology
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+ - _O. dioica_ grazes on bacterioplankton, which can be a significant share
+ of its own diet, but the grazing has only “minimal influence on the
+ population dynamics of the free-living bacteria” ([[King, Hollibaugh and
+ Azam, 1980|biblio/10.1007_BF00390593]])
- In a rRNA metabarcoding study [[López-Escardó and coll, 2018|biblio/29904074]] report that 28 %
of the RNA reads in oxic micro/mesoplanktonic samples originate from tunicates, mostly appendicularian.
- _O. dioica_ populations may have a higher fitness in warmer and more acid oceans