Vertical niche separation of two consumers (Rotatoria) in an extreme habitat

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 594-603

  Weithoff, Guntram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidic lakes; Food limitation; Food web; Temperature; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE PARTITIONING; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; OCHROMONAS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; ROTIFERA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCHROMONAS; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; CEPHALODELLA; CEPHALODELLA HOODI; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ELOSA; HELIOZOA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OCHROMONAS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 2942593711     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1545-z     Document Type: Article

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