Gastric emptying, clearance rate, feeding periodicity and food consumption of the Black Sea jelly fish, Mnemiopsis leidyi (Agassiz)

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Mazlum, R Evren ^a   Seyhan, Kadir ^b  

^a RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Clearance rate; Ctenophora; Food consumption; Gastric emptying; Jelly fish; Mnemiopsis leidyi

Indexed keywords

CLEARANCE RATE; FEEDING MECHANISM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INGESTION RATE; JELLYFISH; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 69249193888     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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