Body size, food availability and seasonal rotifer community structure in Deer Lake, British Columbia

The differential effects of body size on species' demographic parameters has long been hypothesized to be a powerful structuring force in zooplankton communities. The size-efficiency hypothesis predicts that large species, due to metabolic efficiency and-greater effectiveness of food collection...

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Main Author: Schreiber, Dorothee
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10956