Urea excretion by Daphnia: A colony-inducing factor in Scenedesmus?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1894-1903

  Wiltshire, Karen Helen ^a   Lampert, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; UREA;

ALGA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL CUE; COLONY; GRAZING; KAIROMONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 0032733395     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.8.1894     Document Type: Article

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