Size-specific clearance rates of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi based on in situ gut content analyses

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Lena Granhag

Lene Friis Moller

Lars J. Hansson

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Engelska

Utgivningsdatum

2011

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Sakkunniggranskat

Abstract (Engelska)

The ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi can consume large amounts of zooplankton prey. However, quantitative measurements of feeding rates, based on field data, are scarce. We measured the time required by the invasive M. leidyi to digest naturally occurring prey species in the Gullmar fjord, Sweden. Diges...Visa mer

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