Influence of spatial heterogeneity on predation by the flatworm Mesostoma ehrenbergii (Focke) on calanoid and cyclopoid copepods

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-274

  Trochine, Carolina ^a   Modenutti, Beatriz ^a   Balseiro, Esteban ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACANTHOCYCLOPS ROBUSTUS; BOECKELLA; BOECKELLA GRACILIS; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; JUNCACEAE; MESOSTOMA (FLATWORM); MESOSTOMA EHRENBERGII; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 33645121084     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi071     Document Type: Article

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