Altered cell wall morphology in nutrient-deficient phytoplankton and its impact on grazers

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 357-364

  Van Donk, E ^a   Lurling M ^a   Hessen, D O ^b   Lokhorst, G M ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA PULEX; PULEX; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 1842404768     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.2.0357     Document Type: Article

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