Adhesion of bacteria and diatoms to the exoskeleton of the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus fulvus in culture: electron and epifluorescent microscope study.
In the marine environment associations between picoplankton and copepods are very important not only for the lifestyle of these animals, but also for marine ecosystems and human health. In the present study we investigated the biofouling of Tigriopus fulvus in culture and possible effects of this colonization by means of scanning electron microscopy and epifluorescence microscopy. These investigations show that T. fulvus is heavily and not uniformly colonized by bacteria and algae.
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Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Ambientale ed Applicata, Università di Genova. pane@unige.it
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D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D003445:Crustacea / Q000382:microbiology*; D017377:Diatoms / Q000502:physiology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence