Feeding selectivity of the marine ascidian Styela clava

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1190-1197

  Ai Li, Jiang ^a   Zhen, Yu ^a   Wen Gui, Cai ^b   Chang Hai, Wang ^a  

^a YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Feeding selectivity; Retention efficiency; Selectivity coefficient; Styela clava

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; STYELA CLAVA;

EID: 48749115483     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.01983.x     Document Type: Article

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