Daphnia-rotifer interactions in Patagonian communities

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 662, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-195

  Diéguez, María C ^a   Gilbert, John J ^b  

^a INIBIOMA (CONICETUNC)   (Argentina)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Interference; Meseta lakes; Patagonia; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; CLEARANCE RATE; COEXISTENCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; POND;

PATAGONIA;

BRACHIONUS ANGULARIS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; BRACHIONUS RUBENS; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA DADAYANA; DAPHNIA OBTUSA; DAPHNIA PULEX; DAPHNIIDAE; JUNCO (AVES); KERATELLA MORENOI; KERATELLA TROPICA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79959803574     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0495-1     Document Type: Article

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