Interactions between the Anomopod Cladocerans Ceriodaphnia dubia, C. cornuta, Simocephalus vetulus and S. serrulatus, the aphanoneurid worm Aeolosoma sp., and the fish Skiffia lermae: Predation or competition, or both?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 526, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 147-156

  Sarma, S S S ^a   Dumont, H J ^b   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cladocera; competition; fish and oligochaete kairomones; interference; population growth; predation; repellents

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECIPROCAL EFFECTS OF WATER;

BIOMASS; DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; TISSUE;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; KAIROMONE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AEOLOSOMA; AEOLOSOMA SP.; ALGAE; ANNELIDA; ANOMOPODA; APHANONEURA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CLADOCERA; CORNUTA; GOODEIDAE; SIMOCEPHALUS SERRULATUS; SIMOCEPHALUS VETULUS; SKIFFIA; SKIFFIA LERMAE; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 4544340879     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000041608.15608.93     Document Type: Conference Paper

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