Effect of algal food on animal prey consumption rates in the omnivorous copepod, Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 419-426

  Kumar, Ram ^a   Rao, T Ramakrishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Algae; Cannibalism; Feeding; Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides; Omnivory; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CANNIBALISM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; OMNIVORY;

CHLORELLA; CHLOROGONIUM; MESOCYCLOPS THERMOCYCLOPOIDES;

EID: 0032862694     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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