Body size distribution in Daphnia populations as an effect of prey selectivity by planktivorous fish

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 643, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-19

  Gliwicz, Z Maciej ^a   Szymanska, Ewa ^a   Wrzosek, Dariusz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age structure; Aggregating; Density oscillations; Encounter rates; Predation; Predators harvesters; Predators hunters; Reaction distance; Size selectivity

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; AGGREGATING; DENSITY OSCILLATIONS; REACTION DISTANCE; SIZE SELECTIVITY;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FEEDING; FISH; HARVESTERS; MAMMALS; MEATS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

REACTION RATES;

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; ENCOUNTER RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE SELECTION;

CHAOBORIDAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA HYALINA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; INVERTEBRATA; PULICARIA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 77950323400     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0125-y     Document Type: Article

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