Can quantity replace quality? Food choice, compensatory feeding, and fitness of marine mesograzers

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 201-219

  Cruz Rivera, Edwin ^a,c   Hay, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Ampithoe longimana; Compensatory feeding; Diet and fitness; Elasmopus levis; Food choice and fitness of marine amphipods; Gammarus mucronatus; Marine mesograzers; Nutrition; Relative mobility and predation risk

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; COMPENSATION; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE;

AMPHIPODA; AMPITHOE LONGIMANA; ELASMOPUS LEVIS; GAMMARUS MUCRONATUS;

EID: 0033966148     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0201:CQRQFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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