Effect of ammonia toxicity on the competition among three species of cladocerans (Crustacea: Cladocera)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-235

  Sarma, S S S ^a   Mangas Ramírez, Ernesto ^b   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ammonia toxicity; Ceriodaphnia dubia; Cladocera; Competition; Daphnia pulex; Moina macrocopa; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); POPULATION GROWTH; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; MOINA; MOINA MACROCOPA; PULEX;

EID: 0038368023     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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