Siphonophores eat fish larger than their stomachs

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 24-26, 2010, Pages 2248-2250

  Pagès, Francesc ^a   Madin, Laurence P ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Sargasso Sea; Siphonophores; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; SARGASSO SEA; SIPHONOPHORES; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; WORLD OCEAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EEL; FEEDING; GLOBAL OCEAN; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; SCUBA DIVING; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

ARIOSOMA; HALISTEMMA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS);

EID: 78650180195     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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