Fitness optimization of Daphnia in a trade-off between food and temperature

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-387

  Kessler, Kirsten ^a,b   Lampert, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep water chlorophyll maximum; Habitat choice; Migration; Time allocation; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; TEMPERATURE; TRADE-OFF; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGAE; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA HYALINA;

EID: 4344705481     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1592-5     Document Type: Article

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