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Hello, I've been looking into the foraging behavior of Ampithoe longimana and amphipods in general and was wondering if I could get some feedback on some sources that I've found. Thanks!
Cruz-Rivera, E., & Hay, M. (2000). Can Quantity Replace Quality? Food Choice, Compensatory Feeding, And Fitness Of Marine Mesograzers. Ecology, 81(1), 201-219. Retrieved September 21, 2015, from http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/0012-9658%282000%29081%5B0201%3ACQRQFC%5D2.0.CO%3B2]2.0.CO;2
Cruz-Rivera, E., & Hay, M. (2001). Macroalgal traits and the feeding and fitness of an herbivorous amphipod: The roles of selectivity, mixing, and compensation. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 218, 249-266. Retrieved September 20, 2015, from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/34241
Duffy, J. E., & Hay, M. E. (2000). Strong impacts of grazing amphipods on the organization of a benthic community. Ecological Monographs, 70(2), 237–263. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/36754]2.0.CO;2
Orav-Kotta, H., Kotta, J., Herkul, K., Kotta, I., & Paalme, T. (2009). Seasonal variability in the grazing potential of the invasive amphipod Gammarus tigrinus and the native amphipod Gammarus salinus (Amphipoda: Crustacea) in the northern Baltic Sea. Biological Invasions, 11(3), 597-608. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-008-9274-6/fulltext.html
Anon2831 (talk) 21:02, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Anon2831,
I did some revisions of your Foraging Behavior section. First, I added a definition of compensatory feeding (CF) as I understood it from some of your sources. I then rearranged some of your work to make it a bit more easy to understand. Specifically, I rearranged it to describe the mechanism of CF before discussing possible reasons for evolution and examples. The information presented was pretty interesting and you did a good job of finding relevant sources. For any future research, maybe compare A. longimana's characteristics more specifically to other species to illustrate the differences in selective pressures that may have shaped CF behavior. Finally, some of the citations seem to have gotten mixed up and the number in the in-text citation does not always match the corresponding number in the reference list. I look forward to seeing the final product!
R-NH2 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:09, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Anon2831,
First, it seems like the overall organization and contents are very good. Your sources contained meaningful information in relation to the topic. I made an addition at the very last sentence. I found interesting and meaningful information from one of your sources and I added that. Please feel free to reword or reorganize it. Overall, it looked good. I am looking forward to your final draft.
Random6251 (talk) 04:15, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
R-NH2 & Random6251,
Thank you for your contributions to my entries. I have clarified the definition of compensatory feeding with your (R-NH2) help to better explain the behavior in the context of A. longimana. I have also clarified the link between compensatory feeding behavior and its fitness/evolution in response to our professor's advice. In addition, I have added a bit that explains why A. longimana may have evolved compensatory feeding behavior while other species did not in response to our professor's advice. I will search for more research that may clarify the differences between species.
Anon2831 (talk) 08:00, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Anon2831! I have made some minor changes, such as grammar and punctuation, like adding a comma here and there. I might have changed a few sentence structures to make them more clear. Otherwise, your article looks great! I think it is very well written and is very informative. It is structured well and has very few mistakes. I think that you should expand more on the evolutionary hypothesis for why this behavior has evolved -- you mention it, but you don't really provide any evidence for this claim. I think just a few more sentences on why these species undergo this behavior will help enhance your article. Also, you might want to explain the last paragraph more if you can, and the last sentence does not make sense to me. I'm not sure if that was a mistake, but I wasn't sure what to correct it to. But other than that, your article is great! Good job.
BabyPug49 (talk) 22:00, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Why is there no breakdown of the name like most other pages. If I can figure it out, I'll fix it. --FUNKAMATIC ~talk 03:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
First gnathopod really has another morphology (no astacid-like chela, but subchela, the same as on the second gnathopod). Can someone edit this imaage? --Glagolev (talk) 23:14, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Why has Caprellidea been reintroduced while it has been replaced 7 years ago by Corophiidea? References here. Lycaon (talk) 19:00, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thorax has 8(!) segments, of which the first is fused with the head (cephalon). Fot that reason, the figure is not labeled correctly...should be thorax segment II - VIII! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.30.71.170 (talk) 14:36, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently scientists have just found 'Supergiant' amphipods 28 cm in size off New Zealand. I don't have the knowledge of the subject I feel is required to update the page, so I thought I should leave a note and a link to the article here. 'Supergiant' amphipods found in NZ waters (AAP, SBS, 3 Feb 2012) --TenguTech(Talk) 03:44, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"Amphipods are difficult to identify, due to their typically small size, and the fact that they must be dissected. As a result, ecological studies and environmental surveys often lump all amphipods together."
In my work I identify marine benthic macroinvertebrates, including amphipods. The blanket statement about needing to dissect them is not true. I may need to dissect them now and again, but in terms of pulling off a structure to mount it on a slide to examine under a compound scope, not to look internally. The second sentence I would say is fairly true, only because a) the person IDing them is not trained, or b) identification down to species isn't necessary for the study. I'm going to change it to "they sometimes require dissection," and expand on the reason for difficulty of identification. Esoxidt•contribs 21:30, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Overall great job on addition to this article, I was interested by the topic of compensatory feeding, clearly a great evolutionary adaptation. I think you have a great summary of the trait in general and why it is important for evolution, but you could go into more detail about how it evolved, if that information is provided in other articles. I was also wondering what kind of foods are more nutritious that the amphipods with the compensatory feeding trait might not choose over low quality food. The majority of my edits were very minor like word choice and grammar, as well as a couple incidents of changing the structure and order of sentences to make the statement more clear. Overall, I could not find many sentences that needed improving at all! The second paragraph in foraging behavior might need a little more attention. I think the behavior is interesting as the amphipods that can detect these compounds in seaweed, but what are the evolutionary implications? Does this save them from eating something harmful, the seaweed, or is it just an interesting foraging behavior? Does it help or hinder the amphipods? Otherwise, I think you did a good job explaining why compensatory feeding is important to evolution.
Anonymous4715 (talk) 21:44, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
68.188.103.17 (talk) 05:48, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
unresolved seems to be the family Micruropidae Kamaltynov, 1999. Is it valid?--Estopedist1 (talk) 07:39, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]