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MICROINVERTEBRATE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
CONT

Microinvertebrates are smaller than 250 mm and include rotifers and microscopic crustaceans such as cladocerans (water fleas), ostracods, copepods. Microinvertebrates play a key role in floodplain river food webs, as prey to a wide range of fauna including native fish, waterbirds and macro-invertebrates, as well as being important consumers of algae, bacteria and biofilms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
CONT

Par brouteurs, on entend toutes sortes de micro-invertébrés comme des ciliés, petits animaux unicellulaires, ou de macro-invertébrés comme les gastéropodes, les larves d'insectes, les crustacés, etc.

Spanish

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