Effects of temperature and body size on the clearance rate of Oikopleura dioica

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-577

  Broms, Fredrik ^a   Tiselius, Peter ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLEARANCE RATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

EID: 0038532540     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.5.573     Document Type: Article

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