Upstream foraging by medusae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 327, Issue , 2006, Pages 143-155

  Colin, Sean P ^a   Costello, John H ^b   Kordula, Heather ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Evolution; Feeding; Hydromedusa; Morphology; Scyphomedusa; Swimming

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JELLYFISH; MORPHOLOGY; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CRASPEDACUSTA SOWERBYI; HYDROIDA; HYDROMEDUSA; HYDROZOA; LIMNOMEDUSA; NAUSITHOE PUNCTATA; SCYPHOZOA; SOLMISSUS ALBESCENS;

EID: 33846433131     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps327143     Document Type: Article

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