Effect of three food types on the population growth of Brachionus calyciflorus and Brachionus patulus (Rotifera: Brachionidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-84

  Sarma, S S S ^a   Larios Jurado, Paula Susana ^a   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alga; Population growth; Rotifera; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; ROTIFERA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; ROTIFERA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0035295986     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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