Effect of temperature and dietary elemental composition on RNA/protein ratio in a rotifer

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1154-1160

  Wojewodzic, Marcin W ^a   Rachamim, Tamar ^b,c   Andersen, Tom ^a   Leinaas, Hans P ^a   Hessen, Dag O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Growth rate; Interaction; RNA protein ratio; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FOOD QUALITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PROTEIN; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 80053132199     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01864.x     Document Type: Article

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