Growth, filtration and ingestion rate of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis fed with large (Asteromonas gracilis) and small (Chlorella sp.) celled algal species

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 793-802

  Hotos, George N ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asteromonas gracilis; Brachionus plicatilis; Chlorella; Filtration rate; Growth rate; Ingestion rate; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DIET; FILTER FEEDING; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; INGESTION RATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ASTEROMONAS; ASTEROMONAS GRACILIS; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0041358535     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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