Aspects of the feeding biology of the fanworm Bispira volutacornis (Polychaeta: Sabellidae)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 453-456

  Nash, Róisín ^a   Keegan, Brendan F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; INGESTION RATE; POLYCHAETE;

BISPIRA VOLUTACORNIS; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; SABELLIDA; SABELLIDAE;

EID: 0038061799     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540300732Xh     Document Type: Article

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