Predation as a factor mediating resource competition among rotifer sibling species

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-50

  Ciros Pérez, Jorge ^a,b   Carmona, María José ^a   Lapesa, Sara ^a   Serra, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; COPEPODA; DIACYCLOPS; DIACYCLOPS BICUSPIDATUS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0742302389     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.1.0040     Document Type: Article

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