Contribution of rotifers to the diet and fitness of Boeckella (Copepoda: Calanoida)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-118

  Couch, Kyleigh M ^a   Burns, Carolyn W ^a   Gilbert, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FITNESS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANURAEOPSIS FISSA; BOECKELLA; BOECKELLA HAMATA; BOECKELLA TRIARTICULATA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS SP.; INVERTEBRATA; KERATELLA; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS; KERATELLA COCHLEARIS TECTA; POLYARTHRA; POLYARTHRA DOLICHOPTERA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0033059223     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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