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Steady-state energetics of a planktonic herbivore

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

M. R. Droop  and
J. M. Scott
M. R. Droop
Affiliation:
Dunstafihage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
J. M. Scott
Affiliation:
Dunstafihage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
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The marine rotifer Brachionus plicatilis Müller was grown bacteria-free in a chemostat with the alga Brachiomonas submarina, labelled with Co vitamin B 12, as the limiting nutrient.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , August 1978 , pp. 749 - 772
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978

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