Life history consequences for Daphnia pulex feeding on nutrient-limited phytoplankton

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 693-709

  Lurling M ^a   Van Donk, E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH LIMITATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POPULATION GROWTH;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS PYRENOIDIFERA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PULEX; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS; SYNEDRA TENUISSIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2242469563     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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