How important is light in the aggregation behaviour of Daphnia pulex (Cladocera: Crustacea)?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 411, Issue , 1999, Pages 13-18

  Jensen, Knut Helge ^a   Kleiven, Ole T ^a   Jakobsen, Per J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Daphnia pulex; Darkness; Swarming

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CRUSTACEAN; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHT EFFECT;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

EID: 0033567559     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003871116379     Document Type: Article

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