Life history consequences of food quality in the freshwater copepod Boeckella triarticulata

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1711-1724

  Twombly, Saran ^a   Clancy, Nancy ^a   Burns, Carolyn W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boeckella triarticulata; Cyanobacteria; Food quality; Individual fitness; Individual variation; Life history variation; New Zealand pond

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FOOD QUALITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; BOECKELLA TRIARTICULATA; COPEPODA; CRYPTOMONAS;

EID: 0031873987     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1711:lhcofq]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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