A biomechanical and optimality-based derivation of prey-size dependencies in planktonic prey selection and ingestion rates

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 507, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-94

  Wirtz, Kai W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feeding breadth; Feeding kernel; Optimal foraging; Selectivity; Trophic niche; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904497055     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10894     Document Type: Article

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