Gut evacuation of larval Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz (Ctenophora, Lobata)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-74

  Sullivan, Lindsay J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; PREY SIZE; PROTIST; STOMACH CONTENT;

BIVALVIA; CILIOPHORA; COELENTERATA; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); LOBATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; POLYCHAETA; PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 71949105114     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp100     Document Type: Article

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