Feeding strategies and diet composition of four Antarctic cnidarian species

Polar Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 620-627

  Orejas, Covadonga ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^b   Lopez Gonzalez, Pablo J ^c   Arntz, Wolf E ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RECYCLING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034907734     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000100272     Document Type: Article

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