2014
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1292
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Seasonal changes in the body size of two rotifer species living in activated sludge follow the Temperature‐Size Rule

Abstract: Temperature-Size Rule (TSR) is a phenotypic body size response of ectotherms to changing temperature. It is known from the laboratory studies, but seasonal patterns in the field were not studied so far. We examined the body size changes in time of rotifers inhabiting activated sludge. We hypothesize that temperature is the most influencing parameter in sludge environment, leading sludge rotifers to seasonally change their body size according to TSR, and that oxygen content also induces the size response. The p… Show more

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“…In his classical paper, Atkinson (1994) formulated the TSR under conditions not limited by food. Indeed, the role of nutrition in TSR performance was previously reported in the studies on rotifers (Galindo, Guisante, & Toja, 1993; Kiełbasa, Walczyńska, Fiałkowska, Pajdak‐Stós, & Kozłowski, 2014; Wojewodzic, Rachamim, Andersen, Leinaas, & Hessen, 2011) and caterpillars (Lee, Jang, Ravzanaadii, & Rho, 2015). However, we suggest that while nutrition affects the TSR pattern, it is not its main driver (we discuss this point below).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 62%
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“…In his classical paper, Atkinson (1994) formulated the TSR under conditions not limited by food. Indeed, the role of nutrition in TSR performance was previously reported in the studies on rotifers (Galindo, Guisante, & Toja, 1993; Kiełbasa, Walczyńska, Fiałkowska, Pajdak‐Stós, & Kozłowski, 2014; Wojewodzic, Rachamim, Andersen, Leinaas, & Hessen, 2011) and caterpillars (Lee, Jang, Ravzanaadii, & Rho, 2015). However, we suggest that while nutrition affects the TSR pattern, it is not its main driver (we discuss this point below).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 62%
“…Studying the TSR in this system, Kiełbasa et al. (2014) showed that two rotifer species responded in size to seasonally changing temperatures in accordance with the TSR, and at least one of them considerably responded to seasonally differing oxygen concentration (a third factor, the external mortality, affected the general pattern). In this study, we chose an indirect method of dividing the study system into distinct assemblages of differing temperature–oxygen conditions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The body size of rotifers was previously found to respond stronger to food conditions than to temperature (Galindo et al, 1993;Wojewodzic et al, 2011). Indeed, Kiełbasa et al (2014) showed that the width of a rotifer is more affected by food conditions than its length, making lorica measurements in size responses to temperature less accurate than outstretched rotifer measurements. This nutritional effect means that, at least in a previous study, nuclei size may be a more reliable measure of a response to temperature in rotifers than body size.…”
Section: Tablementioning
confidence: 96%
“…Here, we report the results of laboratory experiments on a monogonont rotifer, Lecane inermis, which was previously found to follow TSR under both laboratory and field conditions (Kiełbasa et al, 2014), though the pattern in the laboratory was dependent on the nutritional conditions. Our primary goal was to test whether TSR might be adaptive in L. inermis.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Although males have been observed in this species, the clone Lk6 is strictly parthenogenic: during the maintenance of the Lk6 culture for . L. inermis was previously found to follow the TSR both under laboratory conditions (Lk6 clone; the additional significance of nutrition was demonstrated) and in the field (seasonal pattern in activated sludge; Kiełbasa et al 2014). …”
Section: Study Speciesmentioning
confidence: 99%