Temperature-driven changes in the diet preference of omnivorous copepods: no more meat when it's hot? A response to Winder et al.
The study of environmental impact on feeding preferences of omnivores is a rapidly growing field. Here, we show that the criticism put forward in a comment on our original study is largely unfounded.
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Postfach 180, 27483, Helgoland, Germany. maarten.boersma@awi.de.|FB2, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. maarten.boersma@awi.de.
Maarten
0000-0003-1010-026X
M
Boersma
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Postfach 180, 27483, Helgoland, Germany.
K Avarachen
KA
Mathew
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Barbara
B
Niehoff
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Postfach 180, 27483, Helgoland, Germany.
Katherina L
KL
Schoo
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Rita M
RM
Franco-Santos
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Postfach 180, 27483, Helgoland, Germany.
Cédric L
CL
Meunier
D000818:Animals; D057231:Climate Change; D033342:Copepoda / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D020387:Food Chain; D005518:Food Preferences; D006358:Hot Temperature
copepod; feeding ecology; temperature