Morphometric and demographic responses of brachionid prey (Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas and Plationus macracanthus (Daday)) in the presence of different densities of the predator Asplanchna brightwellii (Rotifera: Asplanchnidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 662, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-187

  Sarma, S S S ^a   Resendiz, Rafael Alejandro Lara ^a   Nandini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Kairomones; Life history; Population growth; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GENERATION TIME; GREEN ALGA; KAIROMONE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ASPLANCHNA BRIGHTWELLII; ASPLANCHNIDAE; BRACHIONIDAE; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79952691850     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0494-2     Document Type: Article

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