Chemical composition and biomass parameters of a population of Craspedacusta sowerbii Lank1880 (Cnidaria: Limnomedusa)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1329-1340

  Jankowski, Thomas ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD WEB; FRESH WEIGHT; MOLAR RATIO; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE;

CRASPEDACUSTA SOWERBII; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0033925319     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/22.7.1329     Document Type: Article

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