Status of the Nemertea as predators in marine ecosystems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 456, Issue , 2001, Pages 21-32

  Thiel, Martin ^a   Kruse, Inken ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

Benthos; Feeding rate; Foraging; Nemertean; Predation; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN HABITATS;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANTHOZOA; CRUSTACEA; HETERONEMERTEA; HOPLONEMERTEA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMERTEA; NEMERTEAN; NEMERTEANS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0035880196     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013005814145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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