Reference values for feeding parameters of isopods (Porcellio scaber, Isopoda, Crustacea)
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The advantage of using terrestrial isopods in toxicity studies is that a battery of parameters can be tested at different levels of biological complexity. Feeding parameters for example link organism level response to potential ecological consequences but a problem with using feeding parameters in toxicity tests with terrestrial isopods is their high variability. The aim of our study was to set benchmark values for feeding parameters for isopod Porcellioscaber (Isopoda, Crustacea) in laboratory-controlled experiments. In the work presented here, the daily feeding rate of the central 50% of the control population of Porcellioscaber and a correlation between feeding rate and isopod weight were set. Values outside these ranges need additional evaluation to increase the relevance of test outcomes. We suggest using benchmark values for feeding parameters as well as the coefficient of variation (a) to identify animals with altered feeding parameters with respect to controls, and (b) to assess the data quality in each experiment.
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- Authors
- Drobne, D., & Drobne, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- Venue
- ZooKeys
- Publisher
- Pensoft Publishers
- Published
- 2014-11-25
- Volume
- 457
- Issue
- 457
- Pages
- 313-322
- ISSN
- 1313-2970 (ISSN-L)
- 1313-2989
- PMC
- PMC4283378
- OpenAlex
- W2088217177
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- ZooKeys (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ZooKeys (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Crustacean biology and ecology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Keywords
- Porcellio scaber, terrestrial isopods, feeding rate, reference values, benchmark values, coefficient of variation, data quality assessment, toxicity testing
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