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Language(s):
eng - English
Dates:
2004-02-06
Publication Status:
Accepted / In Press
Pages:
92 Bl.
Publishing info:
Kiel : Christian-Albrechts-Universität
Table of Contents:
Summary 4
Zusammenfassung 6
Introduction 9
1. Daphnia in a heterogeneous environment 9
2. The deep-water algal maximum or deep-water chlorophyll maximum (DCM) 12
3. The trade-off between food and temperature 12
4. How do Daphnia optimise their fitness in the trade-off between food and
temperature? 13
5. Thesis outline 14
Chapters
I Counting and sizing preserved Daphnia with the Optical Plankton Counter 20
II Fitness optimisation of Daphnia in a trade-off between food and
temperature 30
III Depth distribution of Daphnia in response to a deep-water algal maximum:
the effect of body size and temperature gradient. 47
IV Distribution of Daphnia in a trade-off between food and temperature:
individual habitat choice and time allocation 64
Conclusion 79
References 81
Danksagung 92
Lebenslauf 93
Erklärung 94
Rev. Type:
-
Degree:
PhD
