Feeding efficiency of the larval ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz (Ctenophora, Lobata)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 719-723

  Waggett, Rebecca J ^a   Sullivan, Lindsay J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCOUNTER RATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAZOAN; PLANKTON; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ACARTIA TONSA; COELENTERATA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); LOBATA; METAZOA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 33745726202     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl002     Document Type: Article

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