Ontogenetic changes in particle-size selection by deposit-feeding spionid polychaetes: The influence of palp size on particle contact

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-24

  Hentschel, Brian T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposit feeding; Particle selection; Polychaete; Spionidae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

DEPOSIT FEEDERS; DEPOSIT FEEDING; ONTOGENETIC CHANGE; ONTOGENETIC CHANGES; PALP SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE-SIZE SELECTION;

BOCCARDIA PROBOSCIDEA; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA LIGNI; PSEUDOPOLYDORA KEMPI JAPONICA; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS;

EID: 0030302579     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02623-8     Document Type: Article

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