Amphipod herbivory on the freshwater cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei: Chemical stimulants and morphological defenses

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1870-1875

  Camacho, Frank A ^a   Thacker, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD PREFERENCE; GREEN ALGA; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA WOLLEI; RHIZOCLONIUM; RHIZOCLONIUM HIEROGLYPHICUM;

EID: 33746895823     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.4.1870     Document Type: Article

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