Evolution as a critical component of plankton dynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1519, 2003, Pages 1015-1022

  Fussmann, Gregor F ^a,b   Ellner, Stephen P ^b   Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brachionus calyciflorus; Chemostat; Clonal selection; Cyclical parthenogenesis; Evolutionary dynamics; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTAT; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0037854313     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2335     Document Type: Article

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