Effect of temperature on growth rate of Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from Gullmarsfjorden, Sweden

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 1997, Pages 145-153

  Hansson, Lars Johan ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Jellyfish; Medusa; Skagerrak

Indexed keywords

AURELIA AURITA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0031593013     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps161145     Document Type: Article

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