Effect of type and concentration of algal food (Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus acutus) on the population dynamics of daphnia ambigua scourfield, 1947 (Cladocera, Daphniidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-366

  Sarma, S S S ^a   Tavera Briseño, Karina ^a   Nandini, S ^b  

^a Division de Investigacion y Posgrado   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA AMBIGUA; DAPHNIIDAE; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS;

EID: 67649238163     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854008X390236     Document Type: Article

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