Females from resting eggs and parthenogenetic eggs in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus: Lipid droplets, starvation resistance and reproduction

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1505-1515

  Gilbert, John J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Diapause; Fertilised eggs; Life cycle; Stem females

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIAPAUSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; PARTHENOGENESIS; STARVATION; TOLERANCE;

BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 7044232144     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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