Ontogenetic shifts in the ability of the cladoceran, Moina macrocopa STRAUS and Ceriodaphnia cornuta SARS to utilize ciliated protists as food source

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-296

  Kumar, Ram ^a,b   Jiang, Shiou Hwang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colpoda; Crustacea; Food type effects; Life table demography; Somatic growth; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRITION;

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; CILIATE; CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIETARY SHIFT; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; LIFE TABLE; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ALGAE; CERIODAPHNIA CORNUTA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CILIOPHORA; COLPODA; CRUSTACEA; MOINA MACROCOPA; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 53649083968     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200711013     Document Type: Article

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