Do harpacticoids (Copepoda) use water-borne cues to aid in locating food parcels?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-223

  Fechter, Andrea ^a   Thistle, David ^b   Arlt, Günter ^a   Suderman, Keith ^b   Vopel, Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cues; Feeding; Harpacticoid copepods; Meiofauna; Swimmimg speed

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MEIOFAUNA; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; LEPTASTACUS;

EID: 5444270390     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2004.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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