Dietary Essential Amino Acids Affect the Reproduction of the Keystone Herbivore Daphnia pulex

Recent studies have indicated that nitrogen availability can be an important determinant of primary production in freshwater lakes and that herbivore growth can be limited by low dietary nitrogen availability. Furthermore, a lack of specific essential nitrogenous biochemicals (such as essential amin...

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Main Authors: Fink, Patrick, Pflitsch, Claudia, Marin, Kay
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230618/