Direct distributional response in Daphnia pulex to a predator kairomone

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1341-1348

  Kleiven, Ole T ^a   Larsson, Petter ^a   Hobæk, Anders ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHAOBORUS FLAVICANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; PULEX; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); CHAOBORIDAE; DIPTERA;

KAIROMONE; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE;

EID: 0029662909     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.8.1341     Document Type: Article

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