The importance of prey densities and background plankton in studies of predation on invertebrate larvae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 293-296

  Johnson, Kevin B ^a   Shanks, Alan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Background plankton; Invertebrate larvae; Meroplankton; Predation; Prey density

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE LARVA; LABORATORY STUDIES; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREY DENSITY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030668619     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps158293     Document Type: Article

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