Why is Diaphanosoma (Crustacea: Ctenopoda) so common in the tropics? Influence of temperature and food on the population parameters of Diaphanosoma dubium, and a hypothesis on the nature of tropical cladocerans

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 668, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-115

  Han, Bo Ping ^a   Yin, Juan ^a   Lin, Xian ^a   Dumont, Henri J ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Daphnia; Diaphanosoma; Food and lifespan; Temperature and lifespan; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLUTCH SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; FECUNDITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA;

ALGAE; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CTENOPODA; DAPHNIA; DIAPHANOSOMA;

EID: 79955680392     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0501-7     Document Type: Article

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