Life history characteristics of Asplanchnopus multiceps (Rotifera) fed rotifer and cladoceran prey

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 546, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 491-501

  Nandini, S ^a   Sarma, S S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asplanchnopus multiceps; Cladocera; Life table; Population dynamics; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRITION;

ASPLANCHNOPUS MULTICEPS; CLADOCERA; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROTIFERA;

SURFACE WATERS;

FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HIDALGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALONA RECTANGULA; ANIMALIA; ASPLANCHNA; ASPLANCHNIDAE; ASPLANCHNOPUS; ASPLANCHNOPUS MULTICEPS; BRACHIONUS PATULUS; CLADOCERA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROTHRIX TRISERIALIS; PLEUROXUS ADUNCUS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 24144475276     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-4291-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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