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...

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Main Authors: David M Fields, Steven D Shema, Howard I Browman, Thomas Q Browne, Anne Berit Skiftesvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22761834/?tool=EBI