Feeding behavior of the poecilostomatoid copepods Oncaea spp. on chaetognaths

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 475-482

  Go, You Bong ^a   Oh, Bong Cheol ^a,c   Terazaki, Makoto ^b  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chaetognaths; Cheju Island; Copepoda; Feeding behaviour; Oncaea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; UPWELLING ZONE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EAST CHINA SEA, CHEJU ISLAND;

APPENDICULARIA; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; OIKOPLEURA; ONCAEA; ONCAEA CONIFERA; ONCAEA MEDITERRANEA; ONCAEA MEDITERRANEAN; ONCAEA VENUSTA; SAGITTA; SALPA; THALIACEA;

EID: 0032103542     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(97)00038-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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