The interactive effects of temperature, food level and maternal phenotype on offspring size in Daphnia magna

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-196

  McKee, D ^a,b   Ebert, D ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Daphnia magna; Feeding conditions; Offspring size; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; VISCUM ALBUM; CLADOCERA;

FEEDING CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029662389     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327902     Document Type: Article

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