Ecological success of the cladoceran Penilia avirostris in the marine environment: Feeding performance, gross growth efficiencies and life history

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1385-1396

  Atienza, Dacha ^a   Calbet, Albert ^a   Saiz, Enric ^a   Lopes, Rubens M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH RATE; INGESTION RATE; LIFE HISTORY; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO SEBASTIAO; SAO SEBASTIAO BAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PENILIA AVIROSTRIS;

EID: 34247565007     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0578-8     Document Type: Article

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