Is fatter fitter? Body storage and reproduction in ten populations of the freshwater amphipod Gammarus minus

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-345

  Glazier, Douglas S ^a  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body storage; Energy acquisition and allocation; Gammarus minus; Offspring investment; Springs

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FAT RESERVE; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS MINUS;

EID: 0034099889     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050039     Document Type: Article

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