Timing of metamorphosis in a freshwater crustacean: Comparison with Anuran models

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1855-1866

  Twombly, Saran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustacean growth; Developmental model; Developmental plasticity; Leips Travis Dynamic Allocation model; Life history variation; Mesocyclops edax; Metamorphosis; Size constraints; Wilbur Collins model

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS;

ANURA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; MESOCYCLOPS EDAX;

EID: 0030437910     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265789     Document Type: Article

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