Feeding behaviour of the hydromedusa Aequorea vitrina

Scientia Marina

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 395-404

  Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aequora vitrina; Prey capture mechanism; Video microscope observations

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JELLYFISH; PREY CAPTURE; TURTLE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIMFJORDEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACARTIA TONSA; AEQUOREA VITRINA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; AURELIA AURITA; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; COPEPODA; HYDROMEDUSA; ROTIFERA; SCYPHOZOA; VITRINA;

EID: 34447545542     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n2395     Document Type: Article

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