Prey capture by the sea anemone Metridium senile (L.): Effects of body size, flow regime, and upstream neighbors

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-86

  Anthony, Kenneth R N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRIDIUM SENILE; ACTINIARIA;

BODY SIZE; FEEDING; FILTER FEEDERS; FILTER FEEDING; FLOW REGIME; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SEA ANEMONE;

EID: 0030619613     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542577     Document Type: Article

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