Feeding and asexual reproduction of the jellyfish Sarsia gemmifera in response to resource enrichment

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 202-208

  Stibor, Herwig ^a,c   Tokle, Nils ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assimilation efficiency; Hydromedusae; Ingestion; Resource allocation; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HYDROMEDUSA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SARSIA; SARSIA GEMMIFERA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0038372594     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1189-4     Document Type: Article

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