Known prey organisms

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Known prey organisms

Copepoda (Harpacticoid copepods) preys on:
detritus
epontic microalgae
Bacillariophyceae
Chlamydomonas
Gadiformes
Dinoflagellata
periphyton
phytoplankton
green algae
particulate organic matter
bacteria
nannoplankton
microflagellates and perhaps bacteria
Bacillariophyta
ciliates and nauplii
Nematoda
Crustacea
Polychaeta
Bivalvia
Actinopterygii
Cumacea
Decapoda
Floridichthys carpio
Lophogobius cyprinoides
Calanus
Pteropods
Copepoda
Cryptomonas ovata
Cryptomonas erosa
nanoflagellates
Chroococcus
Merismopedia
Gomphosphaeria
Rhabdoderma
Aphanothece
Crucigenia
Euastrum
Oocystis
Schroederia
Tetraedron
Ankistrodesmus
Elakatothrix
Scenedesmus
Chroomonas
Cryptomonas
POM

Based on studies in:
USA: Rhode Island (Marine)
USA: Hawaii (Swamp)
Antarctic (Estuarine)
USA: Florida, South Florida (Swamp)
Wales, River Rheidol (River)
Portugal (Estuarine)
Pacific (Tropical)
USA: Florida, Everglades (Estuarine)
USA, Northeastern US contintental shelf (Coastal)
Puerto Rico, El Verde (Rainforest)
Canada, high Arctic (Ice cap)
unknown (epipelagic zone, Tropical)
Quebec (Lake or pond, Pelagic)
Austria, Hafner Lake (Lake or pond)
Scotland (Estuarine)
USA: New York, Bridge Brook (Lake or pond)
USA: Wisconsin, Little Rock Lake (Lake or pond)

This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.

S. W. Nixon and C. A. Oviatt, Ecology of a New England salt marsh, Ecol. Monogr. 43:463-498, from p. 491 (1973).
G. E. Walsh, An ecological study of a Hawaiian mangrove swamp. In: Estuaries, G. H. Lauff, Ed. (AAAS Publication 83, Washington, DC, 1967), pp. 420-431, from p. 426.
G. A. Knox, Antarctic marine ecosystems. In: Antarctic Ecology, M. W. Holdgate, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 1970) 1:69-96, from p. 87.
G. E. Walsh, An ecological study of a Hawaiian mangrove swamp. In: Estuaries, G. H. Lauff, Ed. (AAAS Publication 83, Washington, DC, 1967), pp. 420-431, from p. 429.
L. D. Harris and G. B. Bowman, Vertebrate predator subsystem. In: Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man, A. I. Breymeyer and G. M. Van Dyne, Eds. (International Biological Programme Series, no. 19, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England, 1980), pp. 591-
J. R. E. Jones, A further ecological study of the river Rheidol: the food of the common insects of the main-stream, J. Anim. Ecol. 19:159-174, from p. 172 (1950).
L. Saldanha, Estudio Ambiental do Estuario do Tejo, Publ. no. 5(4) (CNA/Tejo, Lisbon, 1980).
T. S. Petipa, Trophic relationships in communities and the functioning of marine ecosystems: I. Studies in trophic relationships in pelagic communities of the southern seas of the USSR and in the tropical Pacific. In: Marine Production Mechanisms, M. J. D
S. W. Nixon and C. A. Oviatt, Ecology of a New England salt marsh, Ecol. Monog. 43:463-498, from p. 491 (1973).
W. E. Odum and E. J. Heald, The detritus-based food web of an estuarine mangrove community, In Estuarine Research, Vol. 1, Chemistry, Biology and the Estuarine System, Academic Press, New York, pp. 265-286, from p. 281 (1975).
N. V. Parin, Ichthyofauna of the Epipelagic Zone (Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1970; U.S. Department of Commerce Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, VA 22151), from p. 154.
M. R. Landry, A review of important concepts in the trophic organization of pelagic ecosystems, Helgolander wiss. Meeresunters. 30:8-17, from p. 12 (1977).
A. Baril, Effect of the water mite Piona constricta on planktonic community structure, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Ottawa, Canada (1983).
F. Schiemer, M. Bobek, P. Gludovatz, A. Ioschenkohl, I. Zweimuller and M. Martinetz, Trophische Interaktionen im Pelagial des Hafnersees, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math. Naturwiss. Kl. Abt. 1:191-209 (1982).
M. S. W. Bradstreet and W. E. Cross, Trophic relationships at High Arctic ice edges, Arctic 3(1)5:1-12, from p. 9 (1982).
Link J (2002) Does food web theory work for marine ecosystems? Mar Ecol Prog Ser 230:19
Waide RB, Reagan WB (eds) (1996) The food web of a tropical rainforest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Havens K (1992) Scale and structure in natural food webs. Science 257:11071109
Martinez ND (1991) Artifacts or attributes? Effects of resolution on the Little Rock Lake food web. Ecol Monogr 61:367392
Hall SJ, Raffaelli D (1991) Food-web patterns: lessons from a species-rich web. J Anim Ecol 60:823842
Huxham M, Beany S, Raffaelli D (1996) Do parasites reduce the chances of triangulation in a real food web? Oikos 76:284300