Essential fatty acid content and the phosphorus to carbon ratio in cultured algae as indicators of food quality for Daphnia

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1377-1390

  Park, Sangkyu ^a   Brett, Michael T ^b   Müller Navarra, Dürthe C ^a   Goldman, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Essential fatty acids; Food quality; Growth model; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON; FATTY ACID; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH; PHOSPHORUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; RHODOMONAS MINUTA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0036051891     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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