Light Primes the Escape Response of the Calanoid Copepod, Calanus finmarchicus

The timing and magnitude of an escape reaction is often the determining factor governing a copepod’s success at avoiding predation. Copepods initiate rapid and directed escapes in response to fluid signals created by predators; however little is known about how copepods modulate their behavior in re...

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Main Authors: Fields, David M., Shema, Steven D., Browman, Howard I., Browne, Thomas Q., Skiftesvik, Anne Berit
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3384626/