Seasonal shifts in phytoplankton ingestion by Daphnia galeata, assessed by analysis of marker pigments

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1471-1484

  Thys, Isabelle ^a   Leporcq, Bruno ^b   Descy, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DIET; FOOD SELECTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CLADOCERA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0346991518     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbg103     Document Type: Article

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