Ecological effects on metabolic scaling: Amphipod responses to fish predators in freshwater springs

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-618

  Glazier, Douglas S ^a   Butler, Eric M ^a,b   Lombardi, Sara A ^a,c   Deptola, Travis J ^a,d   Reese, Andrew J ^a   Satterthwaite, Erin V ^a  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Amphipoda; Body mass and composition; Cell size and number; Cottus cognatus; Exoskeleton; Fish predators; Freshwater springs; Gammarus minus; Growth; Metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; AMPHIPOD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EXOSKELETON; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; SIZE SELECTION; SPRING WATER;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 83155164506     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0264.1     Document Type: Article

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