Diel feeding of the chaetognath Sagitta enflata in the Zanzibar Channel, western Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 193, Issue , 2000, Pages 117-123

  Øresland, Vidar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Chaetognatha; Copepods; Feeding; Flacisagitta enflata; Indian Ocean; Predation; Sagitta enflata; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; STOMACH CONTENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; ZANZIBAR CHANNEL;

ANIMALIA; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; SAGITTA ENFLATA;

EID: 0034723999     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps193117     Document Type: Article

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