Combined effects of temperature, food (Chlorella vulgaris) concentration and predation (Asplanchna girodi) on the morphology of Brachionus havanaensis (Rotifera)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 593, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-101

  Pavón Meza, E Lucía ^a   Sarma, S S S ^a   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body size; Egg size; Kairomones; Spine induction; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CORRELATION THEORY; MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE; INVERTEBRATE PREDATOR; PREDATION; SPINE INDUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG SIZE; FLATWORM; FOOD; GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASPLANCHNA GIRODI; BRACHIONUS HAVANAENSIS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; INVERTEBRATA; LORICA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34548435227     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9068-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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