Diets of three copepods (poecilostomatoida) in the southern Taiwan strait

Zoological Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 388-392

  Wu, Cheng Han ^a   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^a   Yang, Jui Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Copepod; Diet; Gut content; SEM; Taiwan Strait

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS SP.; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ONCAEA; ONCAEA CONIFERA; ONCAEA MEDITERRANEA; ONCAEA VENUSTA; POECILOSTOMATOIDA; THALASSIOTHRIX;

EID: 4143109090     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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