Modeling the response of top-down control exerted by gelatinous carnivores on the Black Sea pelagic food web

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C3, 2001, Pages 4543-4564

  Oguz, Temel ^a   Ducklow, Hugh W ^b   Purcell, Jennifer E ^c   Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^d  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURELIA; AURELIA AURITA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HYDROIDA; MNEMIOPSIS; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; NOCTILUCA; CTENOPHORA; SCYPHOZOA;

CARNIVORE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0034944983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000078     Document Type: Article

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