Effect of different densities of live and dead Chlorella vulgaris on the population growth of rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus and Brachionus patulus (Rotifera)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 895-902

  Lucia Pavon E ^a   Sarma, S S S ^a   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Dead alga; Live alga; Population growth; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; DIET; FOOD FREEZING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; ROTIFERA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHLORELLA; DIET; FRESH WATER; FROZEN FOODS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0035453138     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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