Threshold elemental ratios for carbon versus phosphorus limitation in Daphnia

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2063-2075

  Anderson, Thomas R ^a   Hessen, Dag O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Ecological stoichiometry; Phosphorus limitation; Threshold elemental ratio; Zooplankton nutrition

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FISH; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 33745207809     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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