The size range of suspended particles trapped and ingested by the filter-feeding lancelet Branchiostoma floridae (Cephalochordata: Acrania)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-332

  Ruppert, Edward E ^a   Nash, Troy R ^a   Smith, Allison J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; FERRITIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACER; TROPICS; UNITED STATES;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; PARTICLE SIZE;

BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE;

EID: 0034122874     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315499001903     Document Type: Article

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