Assertion: copepod | /r/CapableOf | detect phytoplankton prey
Facets:
value: at distances of one body length
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Early reports that copepods detect phytoplankton prey at distances of one body length or more led to the hypothesis that solutes leaking from the prey would be carried to the copepod by the sheared feeding current and arrive prior to the prey, thus allowing the copepod to adjust the feeding current to bring the prey within reach of the feeding appendages.