Vampire squid: Detritivores in the oxygen minimum zone

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1747, 2012, Pages 4559-4567

  Hoving, Hendrik J T ^a   Robison, Bruce H ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopoda; Detritus; Feeding; Oxygen minimum zone; Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DEEP SEA; DETRITIVORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHYLOGENETICS; VIDEOGRAPHY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84867504520     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1357     Document Type: Article

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