Table 1
Existing differences in the literature regarding Gammarus
spp. acclimation conditions
Test organism
Age/sex/size organism
Duration Temperature
Light/
dark
cycle
Type of water
Aeration pH
Type of study
References
Gammarus
fossarum
Free from parasites
No gravid females
7 days
16
C
12:12
Mixed water
Aerated
Feeding and assimilation
study
Blarer and
BurkhardtHolm (2016)
Gammarus
fossarum
Adults with a cephalothorax length between 1.2 and
1.6 mm
7 days
15
C
River water
Feeding preferences study
Bundschuh
et al. (2009)
Gammarus
fossarum
Conducted as described by
Bundschuh et al. (2009)
Feeding rate study
Bundschuh
et al. (2011a)
Gammarus
fossarum
Free from parasites
Adults with a cephalothorax length between 1.2 and
1.6 mm
7 days
15
C
River water
Feeding rate study
Bundschuh
et al. (2011b)
Gammarus
fossarum
Free from parasites
No gravid females
Adults with a cephalothorax length between 1.2 and
1.6 mm
7 days
15
C
River water
Feeding rate study
Bundschuh
et al. (2013)
Gammarus
fossarum
Adults with a cephalothorax length between 1.2 and
1.6 mm
7 days
15
C
Total
darkness
River and tap
water mixture
Feeding behavioural study
Bundschuh
et al. (2017)
Gammarus
fossarum
Juveniles and adult males
15 days
12
C
10:14
Groundwater
mixed with
osmosed water
Aerated
Ex situ and in situ feeding
assay
Coulaud et al.
(2011)
Gammarus
fossarum
Dry mass
¼ 6.8
Æ 0.7 mg
7 days
10
C
Decomposition and feeding
rate study
Danger et al.
(2012)
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