Life history of Moina micrura (KURZ) fed with three algae species, in the laboratory

Amazoniana

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 25-34

  Díaz Castro, José Gerley ^a   Hardy, Elsa Rodrigues ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food experiments; Life cicle; Moina micrura; Tropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002220391     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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