Effects of an Ostracod (Cypris pubera) on the Rotifer Keratella tropica: Predation and Reduced Spine Development

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 445-453

  Gilbert, John J ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Kairomones; Ostracod size effects; Rotifer polymorphism; Zooplanktivorous ostracods

Indexed keywords

ALGA; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OSTRACOD; POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84867798214     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201201455     Document Type: Article

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