Food quality influences habitat selection in Daphnia

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 872-883

  Reichwaldt, Elke S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age dependent depth selection; Behaviour; Plankton towers; Scenedesmus obliquus; Synechococcus elongatus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301;

EID: 41849128118     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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