Seasonal patterns of food limitation in Daphnia galeata: Separating food quantity and food quality effects

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1137-1157

  Müller Navarra, Dörthe ^a,b   Lampert, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DAPHNIIDAE; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; CLADOCERA;

FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD QUANTITY; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0029660301     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.7.1137     Document Type: Article

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