Carbon and phosphorus linkages in Daphnia growth are determined by growth rate, not species or diet

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1156-1165

  Hood, James M ^a,b   Sterner, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Ecological stoichiometry; Food quality; Growth rate hypothesis; Homeostasis; Phosphorus limitation

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA;

EID: 84908272614     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12243     Document Type: Article

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