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Original Articles

Competition between the Rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus and the Cladoceran Moina macrocopa in Relation to Algal Food Concentration and Initial Rotifer Population Density

Pages 421-427 | Received 10 Jan 2007, Accepted 12 Mar 2007, Published online: 06 Jan 2011

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