Image analysis of Daphnia populations: Non-destructive determination of demography and biomass in cultures

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1956-1962

  Færøvig, Per J ^a   Andersen, Tom ^a   Hessen, Dag O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Demography; Image analysis; Population growth; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; SELENASTRUM; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 0038305712     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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