Pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores as predators: selective predation, feeding rates, and effects on prey populations

Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-137

  Purcell, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INGESTION RATE; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA;

EID: 0031544203     PISSN: 00789682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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