Use of dried algae as a food source for zooplankton growth and nutrient release experiments

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 957-970

  Dobberfuhl, Dean R ^a   Elser, James J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALGA; ANIMAL FOOD; CHEMOSTAT; DAPHNIA; DRYING; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGA; FOOD ORGANISM; LABORATORY METHOD; PRESERVATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS;

EID: 0032804445     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.5.957     Document Type: Article

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