Multiple defence strategies of Daphnia galeata against predation in a weakly stratified reservoir

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 594, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-199

  Hülsmann, Stephan ^a   Wagner, Annekatrin ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Inducible defence; Life history shift; Population dynamics; Refuge availability; YOY fish

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISH; RESERVOIRS (WATER); THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DAPHNIA GALEATA; DEEP-WATER REFUGE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CRUSTACEAN; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RESERVOIR;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 35449006703     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9087-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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