Capture mechanisms used by the lobate ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, preying on the copepod Acartia tonsa

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2037-2052

  Waggett, R ^a,b   Costello, J H ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; PREYING;

FEEDING; PLANKTON; PREY CAPTURE;

ACARTIA TONSA; ANIMALIA; COELENTERATA; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 0032749595     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.11.2037     Document Type: Article

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