The behaviour of an omnivorous protozoan affects the extent of induced morphological defence in a protozoan prey

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 801-809

  Wia̧ckowski, Krzysztof ^a   Fyda, Janusz ^a   Ciećko, Aneta ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Inducible defences; Predator prey interaction; Protists

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; MOTILITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTOZOAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHAETOGASTER; CHAETOGASTER DIASTROPHUS; CHLOROGONIUM; CHLOROGONIUM ELONGATUM; CILIOPHORA; DIASTROPHUS; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES OCTOCARINATUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MYTILUS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; STYLONYCHIA; STYLONYCHIA MYTILUS;

EID: 18744419789     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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