Known prey organisms
Hydra (Hydra (N=1)) preys on:
Bosmina
Chironomidae
detritus
Based on studies in:
Norway: Oppland, Ovre Heimdalsvatn Lake (Lake or pond)
UK: Yorkshire, Aire, Nidd & Wharfe Rivers (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Narrowdale catchment (River)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Bosmina
Chironomidae
detritus
Based on studies in:
Norway: Oppland, Ovre Heimdalsvatn Lake (Lake or pond)
UK: Yorkshire, Aire, Nidd & Wharfe Rivers (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Narrowdale catchment (River)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- P. Larson, J. E. Brittain, L. Lein, A. Lillehammer and K. Tangen, The lake ecosystem of Ovre Heimdalsvatn, Holarctic Ecology 1:304-320, from p. 311 (1978).
- E. Percival and H. Whitehead, 1929. A quantitative study of the fauna of some types of stream-bed. J. Ecol. 17:282-314, from p. 311 & overleaf.
- Thompson, RM and Townsend CR. 2005. Energy availability, spatial heterogeneity and ecosystem size predict food-web structure in streams. OIKOS 108: 137-148.
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