Swim or rest during the winter - What is best for an alpine daphnid?

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 167, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 265-280

  Larsson, Petter ^b   Wathne, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Daphnia umbra; Fishless alpine pond; Lipid droplets; Reproduction strategy; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEAN; EGG PRODUCTION; LIPID; PARASITISM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINSE; HORDALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA UMBRA; DAPHNIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750216923     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0167-0265     Document Type: Article

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