Ingestion of Brachionus plicatilis under different microalgae conditions

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 473-479

  Zhou, Wenli ^a,b   Tang, Xuexi ^a   Qiao, Xiuting ^b   Wang, You ^a   Wang, Renjun ^a   Feng, Lei ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TIANJIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dongying Vocational College   (China)

Author keywords

Brachionus plicatilis; filtering rate; grazing rate; microalgae; selectivity

Indexed keywords

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CLOSTERIUM; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; NITZSCHIA CLOSTERIUM; PLATYMONAS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79955510973     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-009-9208-x     Document Type: Article

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