Selectivity of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis fed mixtures of algal species with various cell volumes and cell densities

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 949-957

  Hotos, George N ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asteromonas; Brachionus plicatilis; Chaetoceros; Chlorella; Dunaliella; Filtration; Ingestion; Rotifers; Selectivity; Tetraselmis

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FOOD SELECTION; INGESTION RATE; MICROALGA; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ASTEROMONAS; ASTEROMONAS GRACILIS; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS SP.; CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; ROTIFERA; SALINA; TETRASELMIS;

EID: 0037044293     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2002.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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