Feeding ecology of jellyfishes

Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Kitamura, Minoru ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding pressure; Jellyfish; Selective feeding

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD SELECTION; PREDATION;

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0142167368     PISSN: 03878961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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