Prey location, recognition and ingestion by the phagotrophic marine dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-220

  Martel, Claire M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Ingestion; Oxyrrhis; Prey location; Prey recognition

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; INGESTION RATE; MICROALGA; PHAGOTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREY LOCATION; RECOGNITION;

DINOPHYCEAE; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA PRIMOLECTA; ISOCHRYSIS; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; OXYRRHIS; OXYRRHIS MARINA;

EID: 33745676810     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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