Daphnia's dilemma: Adjustment of carbon budgets in the face of food and cholesterol limitation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1079-1086

  Lukas, Marcus ^a   Wacker, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochemical limitation; Carbon budgets; Carbon pathway; Food quality; Food quantity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; DAPHNIA; DIET; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CHOLESTEROL; DAPHNIA; DIET; FECES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 84900503254     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.094151     Document Type: Article

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