Trophic partitioning among three littoral microcrustaceans: Relative importance of periphyton as food resource

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-266

  Masclaux, Hélène ^a,b   Bec, Alexandre ^a,b   Bourdier, Gilles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Food resources; Periphyton; Trophic niches

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; PARTITIONING; PERIPHYTON; REPRODUCTION; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; EURYCERCUS LAMELLATUS; SIMOCEPHALUS VETULUS;

EID: 84864416906     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e28     Document Type: Article

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