Functional feeding response and behavioral ecology of Oikopleura vanhoeffeni (Appendicularia, tunicata)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-211

  Bochdansky, Alexander B ^a   Deibel, Don ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendicularia; Feeding physiology; Functional response; Gelatinous zooplankton; Larvacea

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; FILTER; FOOD; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; VIDEORECORDING; VISCOSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

OIKOPLEURA VANHOEFFENI;

EID: 0033080909     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00109-9     Document Type: Article

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