Zooplankton community size structure and taxonomic composition affects size-selective grazing in natural communities

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 306-315

  Cyr, Hélène ^a   Curtis, Janelle M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community size structure; Daphnia; Feeding selectivity; Grazing; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; TAXONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BOSMINA; CERIODAPHNIA; DAPHNIA; HOLOPEDIUM;

EID: 0033059237     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050731     Document Type: Article

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