Algal exploitation by tadpoles - An experimental approach

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-125

  Waringer Lschenkohl, Andrea ^a   Schagerl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Algae; Herbivores; HPLC analysis; Rana dalmatina; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DIET; FROG; GROWTH; LARVA;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; APHANIZOMENON; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CLADOPHORA; CRYPTOMONAS; GONGROSIRA; LIMOSA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA LIMOSA; RANA DALMATINA; REPTILIA; SCENEDESMUS; SPIROGYRA;

EID: 0035147050     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200101)86:1<105::AID-IROH105>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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