Degrading mangrove leaves of Rhizophora mangle Linne provide a natural cue for settlement and metamorphosis of the upside down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-94

  Fleck, J ^a   Fitt, W K ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassiopea; Cnidaria; Mangrove leaves; Metamorphosis; Natural cue; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

HABITAT SELECTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MANGROVE;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DEGRADATION; DENATURATION; DIALYSIS; JELLYFISH; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PLANT LEAF;

CASSIOPEA XAMACHANA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 0033557685     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00140-3     Document Type: Article

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