Morphological Controls on Cannibalism in a Planktonic Marine Phagotroph

Protist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Martel, Claire M ^a   Flynn, Kevin J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cannibalism; Oxyrrhis marina; phagocytosis; self recognition; starvation

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OXYRRHIS; OXYRRHIS MARINA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 36748999403     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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