Claim · model-written summary
Regular spontaneous trap firing is thought to be responsible for the similarity of trap and plankton algal communities
- Taxon
- Utricularia australis
Utricularia australise0 - Outcome
- the similarities in trap and plankton algal communitiese6
- Qualifier
- regular spontaneous trap firinge6
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Verbatim
e0“The eurytopic species Utricularia australis was surveyed across 12 sites in central Italy”
e6“regular spontaneous trap firing, known to occur in U. australis , is thought to be responsible for the similarities in trap and plankton algal communities”
Title
Neil T. W. Ellwood; Roberta Congestri; Simona Ceschin Freshwater Biology 2018. doi:10.1111/fwb.13212
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Phytoplankton outside the traps comprised 135 taxa from 21 orders in eight phyla
- Observation The algal community in the traps comprised 124 taxa from 17 orders in eight phyla
- Observation Phytoplankton communities across the 12 sites were highly diverse
- Observation Algal communities inside and outside the traps were very similar, indicating that feeding was not selective
- Observation Around 70% of the traps contained phytoplankton only, with no animal prey
- Observation Algal movements are not able to elicit a trap response in Utricularia australis
- Observation Lepocinclis sp. proliferated at two sites in the traps of Utricularia australis
- Observation Chilomonas sp. proliferated at two sites in the traps of Utricularia australis
- Mechanism The diet requirements of Utricularia australis seem to be met by a highly varied prey spectrum