Local genetic adaptation to grazing pressure of the green alga desmodesmus armatus in a strongly connected pond system

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 503-511

  Vanormelingen, Pieter ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^a   De Bock, Dries ^a   Gucht, Katleen Van Der ^a   De Meester, Luc ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CELL ORGANELLE; DISPERSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; GREEN ALGA; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARMATUS; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DESMODESMUS;

EID: 63549098527     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.2.0503     Document Type: Article

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