Chemical signals and habitat selection by three zooplankters in Andean Patagonian ponds

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 480-494

  Trochine, C ^a   Modenutti, B E ^a   Balseiro, E G ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alarm signal; Chemical cues; Crushed prey; Macrophytes; Mesostoma ehrenbergii

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCYCLOPS ROBUSTUS; BOECKELLA; CALANOIDA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; JUNCUS; MESOSTOMA (FLATWORM); MESOSTOMA EHRENBERGII; MYRIOPHYLLUM QUITENSE; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 60349114666     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02125.x     Document Type: Article

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