Prey switching behaviour in the planktonic copepod Acartia tonsa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 65-75

  Kiørboe, Thomas ^a   Saiz, Enric ^b   Viitasalo, Markku ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acartia tonsa; Behaviour; Copepod; Prey selection; Prey switching

Indexed keywords

ACARTIA TONSA; COPEPODA; STROMBIDIUM SULCATUM; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

BEHAVIOUR; PREY SELECTION; PREY SWITCHING; SWITCHING BEHAVIOUR; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0030302955     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps143065     Document Type: Article

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