Cyst ornamentation in aquatic invertebrates: A defence against egg-predation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 486, Issue , 2002, Pages 161-167

  Dumont, Henri J ^a   Nandini, S ^b   Sarma, S S S ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anomopoda; Anostraca; Copepoda; Egg defences; Egg predation; Heterocypris; Inducible morphologies; Ostracoda; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IMMUNOLOGY;

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CYST; ORNAMENTATION; PHYSICAL DEFENSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANOMOPODA; ANOSTRACA; BRANCHIOPODA; CHIROCEPHALUS DIAPHANUS; COPEPODA; HETEROCYPRIS; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; ROTIFERA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0037110307     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021346601235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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