The significance of feeding history on the value of heterotrophic microzooplankton as prey for larval crabs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 1999, Pages 219-225

  Sulkin, Stephen D ^a   McKeen, Gene L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab larvae; Diet; Heterotrophs; Microzooplankton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SP.; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CANCER GRACILIS; CANCER MAGISTER; CANCER OREGONENSIS; CANCER PRODUCTUS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOCHRISIS; ISOCHRISIS GALBANA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0033578573     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps186219     Document Type: Article

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