Costs and benefits of swarming behaviour in mysids: Does orientation and position in the swarm matter?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1011-1014

  Ritz, D A ^a   Metillo, E B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY ILIGAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION;

MYSIDACEA; PARAMESOPODOPSIS RUFA;

EID: 0031695349     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400044957     Document Type: Article

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