Naupliar and copepodite growth and survival of two freshwater calanoids at various food levels: Demographic contrasts, similarities, and food needs

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 648-658

  Hart, Rob C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRYPTOMONAS; METADIAPTOMUS; METADIAPTOMUS MERIDIANUS; TROPODIAPTOMUS; TROPODIAPTOMUS SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0029813195     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.4.0648     Document Type: Article

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