The ghost of herbivory past: Slow defence relaxation in the chlorophyte scenedesmus obliquus

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-335

  Verschoor, Antonie M ^a   Bekmezci, Ozan K ^b   van Donk, Ellen ^a   Vijverberg, Jacobus ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colony formation; Defence cycle; Desmodesmus quadricauda; Inducible defenses; Scenedesmaceae

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COLONY FOUNDING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORY; MESOCOSM;

BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; DESMODESMUS; ROTIFERA; SCENEDESMACEAE; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 69949089714     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.327     Document Type: Article

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