Is the scyphomedusa cyanea capillata (l.) dependent on gelatinous prey for its early development?

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Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-273

  Båmstedt, Ulf ^a,b   Ishii, Haruto ^a   Martlnussen, Monica B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Food selection; Growth; Jellyfish; Predation; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944451702     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00364827.1997.10413654     Document Type: Article

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