Food quality constraints in Daphnia: Interspecific differences in the response to the absence of a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid in the food source

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 526, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 187-196

  Elert, Eric Von ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

daphnia; fatty acid; food quality; lipid; PUFA

Indexed keywords

EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA); FOOD QUALITY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID (PUFA);

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACID; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; DAPHNIA HYALINA; INVERTEBRATA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 4544376502     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000041604.01529.00     Document Type: Conference Paper

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