Daphnia can protect diatoms from fungal parasitism

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 680-685

  Kagami, Maiko ^a   Van Donk, Ellen ^a   De Bruin, Arnout ^a   Rijkeboer, Machteld ^a   Ibelings, Bas W ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; FUNGUS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942532588     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.3.0680     Document Type: Article

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