Infochemical-mediated trophic interactions between the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus and its food algae

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2109-2119

  Verschoor, Antonie M ^a   Zadereev, Yegor S ^a,b   Mooij, Wolf M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INGESTION RATE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALGAE; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; ROTIFERA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 35349013628     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2109     Document Type: Article

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