Patterns of prey selectivity in the cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 411-424

  Rao, T Ramakrishna ^a   Kumar, Ram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Copepoda; Food; Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides; Predation; Prey handling time; Prey selection; Prey switching

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; PREY SELECTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS ANGULARIS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CERIODAPHNIA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CORNUTA; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIA; HEXARTHRA MIRA; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS THERMOCYCLOPOIDES; MOINA; MOINA MACROCOPA; MYTILUS; ROTIFERA; STYLONYCHIA; STYLONYCHIA MYTILUS; STYLONYCHIA NOTOPHORA;

EID: 0036677115     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016509016852     Document Type: Article

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