Hydrobiological Journal

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2005, Volume41

Issue 6

137 pages

DOI: 10.1615/HydrobJ.v41.i6

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A. A. Koval'chuk
Scientific Research Laboratory of Conservation of Natural Ecosystems, Uzhgorod State University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine

Production experiments in situ and in vitro, as well as experiments on feeding and data on oxygen consumption by the free-living ciliates made it possible to study their energy budget depending on the temperature of a medium. On this basis the following coefficients were calculated: assimilation coefficient (U = 0.58), efficiency of using the consumed food for growth (K₁ = 0.26), and efficiency of using the assimilated food for growth (K₂ = 0.43). The temperature corrections are given to determine the natural level of ciliate metabolism under different temperature conditions.

DOI: 10.1615/HydrobJ.v41.i6.100 Download article, 121-135 pages

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