Growth and feeding rates of the newly hatched larval ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz (Ctenophora, Lobata)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 949-965

  Sullivan, Lindsay J ^a,b   Gifford, Dian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPLANKTON; MORPHOLOGY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COELENTERATA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; LOBATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MNEMIOPSIS; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; ROTIFERA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 36048948565     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm071     Document Type: Article

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