Zooplankton nutrition: Recent progress and a reality check

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-279

  Sterner, Robert W ^a   Schulz, Kimberly L ^a  

^a Dept of Ecol Evol and Behavior ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Food limitation; Growth; Life history; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTIBILITY; FOOD QUALITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0032471227     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009949400573     Document Type: Review

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