Palmelloids formation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Defence against rotifer predators?

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-72

  Lurling, M ^a   Beekman, W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated defences; Colony formation; Inducible defences; Morphology; Plankton interactions

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT DEFENSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALGAE; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33745873664     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2006010     Document Type: Article

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