Mandible characteristics and allometric relations in copepods: a reliable method to estimate prey size and composition from mandible occurrence in predator guts

The size and shape of the cutting edge of the mandibles from the five most abundant copepod species found in Mejillones Bay are described with the aim to create a helpful tool for the identification of copepod prey and their size from predator gut contents. Good allometric relationships were found b...

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Auteurs principaux: Giesecke,Ricardo, González,Humberto E.
Langue:English
Publié: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2004
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Accès en ligne:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2004000400004
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