Food items reported for Macrobrachium macrobrachion
n = 28
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified crustacean remains Nigeria juv./adults
others others n.a./others Euglena sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton blue-green algae Tolypothrix sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton blue-green algae Microcoleus sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton blue-green algae Anabaena sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton blue-green algae Aphanizomenon sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton blue-green algae Nostoc sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Achnanthes sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Synedra sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Gomphonema sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Melosira sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Pinnularia sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Epithemia sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Mougeotia sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Stigeoclonium sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Rhizoclonium sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Cloniophora sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Oedogonium sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Pteromonas sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Prasiola sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Trentepohlia sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton green algae Ulothrix sp. Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton Tribonema sp. Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods Bryocamptus sp. Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified shrimp eggs Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unspecified Chironomidae larva Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unspecified mosquito pupa Nigeria juv./adults
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