Serological estimation of prey-protein gut-residence time and quantification of mean size for grass shrimp consuming meiofaunal copepods

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-119

  Hoyt, M ^a   Fleeger, J W ^a   Siebeling, R ^a   Feller, R J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Immunochemistry; Meiofauna; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; INGESTION RATE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; COPEPOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEROLOGY; SHRIMP;

AMPHIASCOIDES ATOPUS; COPEPODA; DECAPODA; PALAEMONETES PUGIO;

EID: 0034682344     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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