Functional responses of the rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus and Brachionus rubens feeding on armored and unarmored ciliates

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1175-1179

  Mohr, Silvia ^a   Adrian, Rita ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TEXTURE;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRAZING; PREY SELECTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; BRACHIONUS RUBENS; COLEPS; ROTIFERA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0033873212     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.5.1175     Document Type: Article

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