Herbivory versus omnivory: Linking homeostasis and elemental imbalance in copepod development

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1573-1582

  Laspoumaderes, Cecilia ^a   Modenutti, Beatriz ^a   Balseiro, Esteban ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

Author keywords

copepod; ecological stoichiometry; elemental imbalance; food quality; herbivory; homeostasis; omnivory; ontogeny; predation; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; HOMEOSTASIS; OMNIVORY; ONTOGENY; PREDATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

BOECKELLA; BOECKELLA BREVICAUDATA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; PARABROTEAS SARSI;

EID: 77958021701     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq077     Document Type: Article

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