The effect of starvation on the planarian Arthurdendyus triangulatus (Tricladida: Terricola) as measured by stable isotopes

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-270

  Boag, Brian ^a   Neilson, Roy ^a   Scrimgeour, Charles M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthurdendyus triangulatus; New Zealand flatworm; Shrinkage; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLATWORM; LABORATORY METHOD; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHURDENDYUS TRIANGULATUS; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TERRICOLA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33751501704     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0108-3     Document Type: Article

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