Prey selection and diel feeding of the freshwater jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbyi

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 567-573

  Spadinger, Reinhard ^a   Maier, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Freshwater jellyfish; Migration; Predation; Vertical distribution; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREY SELECTION;

CRASPEDACUSTA MEDUSAE; CRASPEDACUSTA SOWERBYI; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0032766062     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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