Application of stable isotope tracers to studies of zooplankton feeding, using the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus as an example

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 546, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 535-549

  Verschoor, Antonie M ^a   Boonstra, Harry ^a   Meijer, Thijs ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Assimilation; Grazing; Ingestion; Isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS)

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSPORTATION;

13C; 15N; ASSIMILATION; INGESTION; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETERS (IRMS); ZOOPLANKTONS;

FEEDING;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; ROTIFERA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 24144455686     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-4296-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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