Competition between two planktonic rotifer species at different temperatures: An experimental test

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2187-2199

  Stelzer, Claus Peter ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Microcosm; Population growth; Resource competition; Rotifera; Temperature change

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DETRITUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING; INGESTION RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; POPULATION GROWTH; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; ROTIFERA; SYNCHAETA; SYNCHAETA PECTINATA;

EID: 33750823274     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01632.x     Document Type: Article

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