Predation by calanoid copepods on the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 303-307

  López Urrutia, Ángel ^a,b   Harris, Roger P ^a   Smith, Tania ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEARANCE RATE; EGG PREDATION; FOOD CHAIN; INGESTION RATE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; APPENDICULARIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CALANOIDA; CALANUS; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; CANDACIA; CANDACIA ARMATA; CENTROPAGES; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; COPEPODA; EUCALANUS; EUCALANUS CRASSUS; METAZOA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; TEMORA; TEMORA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 0742285069     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.1.0303     Document Type: Article

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