Turning inducible defenses on and off: Adaptive responses of Daphnia to a gape-limited predator

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3455-3469

  Riessen, Howard P ^a   Trevett Smith, Julie B ^a,b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator defenses; Chaoborus spp.; Daphnia spp.; Fishless ponds; Inducible defenses; Neck spines; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator prey interaction; Size selective predation; Strike efficiency; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; FLY; GAPE LIMITATION; INDUCED RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE SELECTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENT; FLY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DAPHNIA; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHAOBORIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CHAOBORUS AMERICANUS; CHAOBORUS TRIVITTATUS; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MINNEHAHA; DAPHNIA PULEX; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 72949124013     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1652.1     Document Type: Article

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