Influence of prey detection on capture success for the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi feeding upon adult Acartia tonsa and Oithona colcarva copepods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 191, Issue , 1999, Pages 207-216

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambush; Anticipation; Behavior; Escape; Foraging; Hydrodynamic cues; Selection

Indexed keywords

PREDATION;

PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY LOCATION;

ACARTIA TONSA; ANIMALIA; COELENTERATA; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; OITHONA COLCARVA;

EID: 0033619952     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps191207     Document Type: Article

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