Effects of kairomones from predatory vertebrates on the population growth of rotifer Plationus patulus (Müller)

Allelopathy Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-308

  Sarma, S S S ^a   Gómez Cabral, Gisela C ^a   García Arroyo, Adriana ^a   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allelochemical; Amphibian; Fish (ameca spendens); Frog tadpole (hyla plicata); Larval axolotl (ambystoma mexicanum); Population dynamics; Rotifer; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMECA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA PLICATA; ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952662128     PISSN: 09714693     EISSN: 09741240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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