Copepod equiproportional development: Experimental confirmation of its independence of food supply level, and a conceptual model accounting for apparent exceptions

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 380, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 77-85

  Hart, Rob C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Copepod growth 'rule'; Equiproportional development; Nutritional influences

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0032450508     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003486520147     Document Type: Article

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