Subject to high predation risk, all developmental stages of copepods depend on evasive
behaviors for survival in pelagic environments. Swim and escape behaviors were …

Copepods are important grazers on microplankton in marine food webs and are, in turn,
preyed upon by a wide range of predators with diverse feeding adaptations. Although …

Small metazoan paddlers, such as crustacean larvae (nauplii), are abundant, ecologically
important and active swimmers, which depend on exploiting viscous forces for locomotion …

Nerve impulse conduction is greatly increased by myelin, a multilayered membranous
sheath surrounding axons. Best known from and most extensively investigated among …

Escape success of copepod nauplii (N5–6) of the copepod Acartia tonsa was significantly
lower than that of copepodites (C1–2) when exposed to a coral reef fish Acanthemblemaria …

As one of the most abundant metazoan groups on the planet, copepods are found in virtually
all marine environments. They provide a key link in marine food webs between …

Escape success of copepod nauplii (N5–6) of the copepod Acartia tonsa was significantly
lower than that of copepodites (C1–2) when exposed to a coral reef fish Acanthemblemaria …