Phylum Rotifera

Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates: Ecology and General Biology: Fourth Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 225-271

  Wallace, Robert L ^a   Snell, Terry W ^b   Smith, Hilary A ^c  

^a RIPON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Coloniality; Cryptic speciation; Cyclical parthenogens; Diapause; Eutely; Intracytoplasmic lamina; Microbial loop; Syndermata; Trophi; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942881067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385026-3.00013-9     Document Type: Chapter

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