Temperature, kairomones, and phenotypic plasticity in the rotifer Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 678, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-190

  Gilbert, John J ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Food concentration; Kairomones; Polymorphism; Spine development; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; GENETIC VARIATION; KAIROMONE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASPLANCHNA; CRUSTACEA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; DAPHNIA; KERATELLA TROPICA; LORICA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 81055157012     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0847-5     Document Type: Article

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