Colimitation of a freshwater herbivore by sterols and polyunsaturated fatty acids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1663, 2009, Pages 1805-1814

  Martin Creuzburg, Dominik ^a   Sperfeld, Erik ^b   Wacker, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Daphnia magna; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Multiple resource limitation; Nannochloropsis limnetica; Synechococcus elongatus

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FRESH WATER; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEROL DERIVATIVE;

ALGA; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DIET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; STEROL;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA MAGNA; EUKARYOTA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS LIMNETICA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 66149189456     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1540     Document Type: Article

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