Algal toxins alter copepod feeding behavior.

Algal toxins alter copepod feeding behavior.

Using digital holographic cinematography, we quantify and compare the feeding behavior of free-swimming copepods, Acartia tonsa, on nutritional prey (Storeatula major) to that occurring during exposure to toxic and non-toxic strains of Karenia brevis and Karlodinium veneficum. These two harmful alga...

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Main Authors: Jiarong Hong, Siddharth Talapatra, Joseph Katz, Patricia A Tester, Rebecca J Waggett, Allen R Place
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3356345?pdf=render

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