The effect of prey morphology on the feeding behaviour and population growth of the predatory rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi: A case study using five species of Brachionus (Rotifera)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2131-2140

  Nandini, S ^a   Pérez Chávez, Ricardo ^a   Sarma, S S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asplanchna; Brachionus; Prey predator interaction; Rotifers; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE;

ASPLANCHNA; ASPLANCHNA SIEBOLDI; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; BRACHIONUS HAVANAENSIS; BRACHIONUS PATULUS; BRACHIONUS RUBENS; ROTIFERA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0346991425     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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