A fundamental trade-off in resource exploitation by Daphnia and consequences to plankton communities

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 826-841

  Tessier, Alan J ^a   Leibold, Mathew A ^b   Tsao, Jean ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Daphnia; Juvenile growth; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Resource exploitation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BODY SIZE; CLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIZE;

BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; RESOURCE USE; TRADE-OFF; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; DAPHNIA ROSEA; DAPHNIIDAE; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PULICARIA;

EID: 0033916713     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/177380     Document Type: Article

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