The effect of accelerations in light increase on the phototactic downward swimming of Daphnia and the relevance to diel vertical migration

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2041-2050

  Van Gool, Erik ^a,b   Ringelberg, Joop ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET MIGRATION; LAKE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOBEHAVIOUR; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA X HYALINA;

EID: 0031434018     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.12.2041     Document Type: Article

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