To sink or float: The fate of dormant offspring is determined by maternal behaviour in Daphnia

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 569-576

  Ślusarczyk, Mirosław ^a   Pietrzak, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Diapause; Dispersal; Ephippium; Vector

Indexed keywords

CLITELLARIA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA EPHIPPIA;

EID: 38649095934     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01937.x     Document Type: Article

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