Laboratory experiments on trophic relationships and remote detection between two ciliates and Cyclops vicinus vicinus

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 373-374, Issue , 1998, Pages 157-167

  Rabatte, Chantal ^a   Thouvenot, Antoine ^a   Lair, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Ciliates; Cyclops vicinus; Ingestion rate; Remote detection

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; CYCLIDIUM; CYCLOPS VICINUS; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA CORLISSI;

EID: 7844234043     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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