Effect of the cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides on the interactions between the predatory rotifer Asplanchna intermedia and its prey Brachionus calyciflorus and B. Angularis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 453-454, Issue , 2001, Pages 261-268

  Kumar, Ram ^a   Rao, T Ramakrishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Copepoda; Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides; Predation; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PREDATORS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ASPLANCHNA; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS ANGULARIS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS THERMOCYCLOPOIDES; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0035877875     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013105125857     Document Type: Article

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