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+[[!meta title="Grazing of two common appendicularians on the natural prey assemblage of a tropical coastal ecosystem"]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura]]
+
+R. D. Scheinberg, M. R. Landry, A. Calbet
+
+MEPS 294:201-212 (2005) doi:10.3354/meps294201
+
+Grazing of two common appendicularians on the natural prey assemblage of a tropical coastal ecosystem
+
+[[!doi 10.3354/meps294201 desc="Trunk length 0.7 ± 0.2 for _O. longicauda_ and
+0.8 ± 0.2 for O. fusiformis. House length 3.9 ± 0.5 mm vs 7.0 ± 1.3,
+respectively. Clearance rate 35 and 39 ml/ind/h respectively. “The mean
+clearance rates of these 2 species on total sub-micron cells in Kaneohe Bay
+were not significantly different; however, O. fusiformis cleared Hbact at a
+marginally higher rate”"]]
that 35 ml of water were filtered per hour. In comparison, the giant
species _Bathochordaeus mcnutti_ was reported to filter as much as 76 L/h
([[Katija and coll., 2018|biblio/28508058]]).
+ - The clearance rate of _O. longicauda_ and _O. fusiformis_ are similar
+ (36 and 39 ml/h respectively). _O. lon._ has a lower rate on bacteria, but as
+ their biomass is less than the one of eukaryotes, this does not result in a
+ significant difference in terms of carbon updake ([[Scheinberg, Landry and Calbet,
+ 2005|biblio/10.3354_meps294201]]).
- The inner house of _Bathochordaeus_ has been modeled in 3D by
[[Katija and coll., 2020|biblio/32494011]].
- Filter-feeding in marine animals has been reviewed by [[Conley, Lombard and