Variation in life-history traits among Daphnia and its relationship to species-level responses to phosphorus limitation.

ABSTRACT: Currently organisms are experiencing changes in their environment at an unprecedented rate. Therefore, the study of the contributions to and responses in traits linked to fitness is crucial, as they have direct consequences on a population's success in persisting under such a change. Daphnia is used as a model organism as the genus contains keystone primary consumers in aquatic food webs. A life-history table experiment (LHTE) using four species of Daphnia was conducted to compare variation in life-history traits among species across two different environmental conditions (high and low phosphorus availability). Results indicate that the food quality environment had the most impact on life-history traits, while genetic contributions to traits were higher at the species-level t

SUBMITTER: Hartnett R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731724 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature