Utilization of a cyanobacterium and a phosphorus-deficient green alga as complementary resources by daphnids

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2463-2481

  DeMott, William R ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon: phosphorus ratio; Complementary resources; Daphnia; Digestion resistance hypothesis; Essential fatty acids; Food quality; Phosphorus limitation; Stoichiometric models; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; DAPHNIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PULICARIA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; SIMOCEPHALUS VETULUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0031687468     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2463:UOACAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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