Predation on naked protozoan microzooplankton by fish larvae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 185, Issue , 1999, Pages 285-291

  Fukami, Kimio ^a   Watanabe, Aki ^a   Fujita, Shinji ^b   Yamaoka, Kosaku ^a   Nishijima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nishinihon Institute of Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet of fish larvae; Grazing food chain; Gut; Microbial loop; Predation; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033588465     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps185285     Document Type: Article

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