Size and structure of 'footprints' produced by Daphnia: Impact of animal size and density gradients

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 509-523

  Gries, Thomas ^a,b   Jöhnk, Klaus ^a,b   Fields, David ^a   Strickler, Johannes Rudi ^a  

^a Center for Great Lakes Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SIZE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BODY SIZE; DENSITY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIIDAE; HUMULUS; HUMULUS LUPULUS;

EID: 0345161646     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.3.509     Document Type: Article

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