Coupling of growth rate and body stoichiometry in Daphnia: A role for maintenance processes?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2087-2095

  Kyle, Marcia ^a   Acharya, Kumud ^a,d   Weider, Lawrence J ^b   Looper, Karen ^c   Elser, James J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma Biological Station   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Daphnia; Growth rate hypothesis; Phosphorus; RNA

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RNA; STOICHIOMETRY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIA PULEX; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 33749837579     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01639.x     Document Type: Article

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