On predatory tendencies in the feeding e
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Johan Mertens; N. Munuswamy; Christine Walsche; Henri J. Dumont
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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The feeding habits of the filter-feeding fairy shrimp Streptocephalus proboscideus are documented experimentally by offering them ciliates, Volvox, rotifers, nematodes and small crustaceans as prey . Escape capabilities (e .g . swimming speed) rather than size or shape were found to determine these