Swimming behaviour and photoresponses of the iridescent copepods, Sapphirina gastrica and Sapphirina opalina (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 727-731

  Chae, Jinho ^a,b   Nishida, Shuhei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Korea Environ Res Ctr Hydrosphere   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; PHOTOTAXIS; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; OPALINA; POECILOSTOMATOIDA; SAPPHIRINA; SAPPHIRINA GASTRICA; SAPPHIRINA OPALINA;

EID: 4544301656     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009816h     Document Type: Article

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