The role of food quality for zooplankton: Remarks on the state -of-the-art, perspectives and priorities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 753-768

  Gulati, Ramesh D ^a   Demott, William R ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON:PHOSPHORUS RATIO; DIET; FATTY ACID; FOOD QUALITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOCERA; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0031415852     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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