Consumer growth linked to diet and RNA-P stoichiometry: Response of Bosmina to variation in riverine food resources

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1859-1869

  Acharya, Kumud ^a,d   Bukaveckas, Paul A ^b   Jack, Jeffrey D ^a   Kyle, Marcia ^c   Elser, James J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; RNA; SESTON;

ALGAE; BOSMINA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS;

EID: 33746876703     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.4.1859     Document Type: Article

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