Implication of the feeding limb morphology for herbivorous feeding in some freshwater cyclopoid copepods

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 742-747

  Hopp, Ulrich ^a   Maier, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclopoid copepods; Herbivorous feeding; Morphology; Mouthparts

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERBIVORY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACANTHOCYCLOPS ROBUSTUS; ALGAE; COPEPODA; CYCLOPIA; CYCLOPS ABYSSORUM; CYCLOPS VICINUS; MESOCYCLOPS; MESOCYCLOPS LEUCKARTI; THERMOCYCLOPS; THERMOCYCLOPS CRASSUS;

EID: 18044396174     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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