Prey size selection, grazing and growth response of the small heterotrophic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium sp. and the ciliate Balanion comatum - A comparative study

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-86

  Jakobsen, Hans Henrik ^a   Hansen, Per Juel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Balanion comatum; Grazing; Growth; Gymnodinium sp.; Prey size spectra; Swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; GROWTH RATE; INGESTION RATE; PREY PREFERENCES; ZOOPLANKTON;

BALANION; BALANION COMATUM; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM SP.;

EID: 0030663694     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps158075     Document Type: Article

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