Culture optimization for the emergent zooplanktonic model organism Oikopleura dioica

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-370

  Bouquet, Jean Marie ^a   Spriet, Endy ^a,c   Troedsson, Christofer ^a,b   Otter, Helen ^a   Chourrout, Daniel ^a   Thompson, Eric M ^a  

^a Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Department of Biomedicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBON FLUX; CULTURE; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; GENOME; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; METAZOAN; OPTIMIZATION; SPAWNING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

EID: 67650787162     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn132     Document Type: Article

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