Nudibranch predation and dietary preference for the polyps of Aurelia labiata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 690, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 199-213

  Hoover, Richard A ^a   Armour, Ruth ^b   Dow, Ian ^c   Purcell, Jennifer E ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Hydroid; Jellyfish; Predator; Sea anemone; Selection; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DIETARY SHIFT; DIURNAL VARIATION; JELLYFISH; POLYP; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SELECTION;

ACTINIARIA; AURELIA LABIATA; CNIDARIA; DISTAPLIA OCCIDENTALIS; HERMISSENDA; HERMISSENDA CRASSICORNIS; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; NUDIBRANCHIA; SCYPHOZOA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84861667825     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1044-x     Document Type: Article

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