Life-history traits in the tardigrade species Paramacrobiotus kenianus and Paramacrobiotus palaui

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 160-165

  Schill, Ralph O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Life history; Longevity; Population; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MICROORGANISM; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU;

EID: 84880772233     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2013.s1.e20     Document Type: Article

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