Inducible defenses and rotifer food chain dynamics

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 593, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Van Der Stap, Irene ^a   Vos, Matthijs ^a,b   Mooij, Wolf M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asplanchna; Brachionus; Food web; Infochemicals; Kairomones; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator prey interactions; Scenedesmus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ASPLANCHNA; BRACHIONUS; FOOD WEB; INFOCHEMICALS; KAIROMONES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; SCENEDESMUS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COLONY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FLATWORM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; GREEN ALGA; KAIROMONE; PERSISTENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ALGAE; ASPLANCHNA; ASPLANCHNA BRIGHTWELLII; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CHLOROPHYTA; ROTIFERA; SCENEDESMACEAE; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 34548454117     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9051-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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