Life history allometries and production of small fauna

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-507

  Reiss, Julia ^a   Schmid Araya, Jenny M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ciliata; Generation time; Intrinsic rate of population increase; Invertebrates; Meiofauna; Metabolic theory of ecology; MTE; Power law; Production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY MASS; CILIATE; GENERATION TIME; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLISM; METAZOAN; POWER LAW; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY WEIGHT; CILIATE; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY WEIGHT; CILIOPHORA; ENERGY METABOLISM; INVERTEBRATES;

CILIOPHORA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77949294792     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1248.1     Document Type: Article

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