Clearance rates of the bdelloid rotifer, Habrotrocha thienemanni, a tree-hole inhabitant

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Devetter, Miloslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Filtering rates; Fluorescent particles; Population CR; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; BODY SIZE; CLEARANCE RATE; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOIDA; HABROTROCHA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 59849113766     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9160-9     Document Type: Article

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