Estimation of predatory impact of Pleurobrachia rhodopis (cydippid ctenophore) in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: In situ observations and laboratory experiments

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 631-651

  Buecher, Emmanuelle ^a   Gasser, Beat ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARTIA CLAUSI; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLEUROBRACHIA RHODOPIS; PREDATOR; PREY;

CLEARANCE RATE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDATION PRESSURE; PREY CONCENTRATION; SEA GOOSEBERRY;

(WEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACARTIA CLAUSI; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA; PLEUROBRACHIA RHODOPIS;

EID: 0031803703     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.4.631     Document Type: Article

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