Predation on zooplankton by large jellyfish, Aurelia labiata, Cyanea capillata and Aequorea aequorea, in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 246, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-152

  Purcell, Jennifer E ^a,b  

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

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicularia; Cladocera; Competition; Copepoda; Fish eggs; Fish larvae; Hydrozoa; Larvaceans; Salmon; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD INTAKE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

AEQUOREA AEQUOREA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); AURELIA LABIATA; CLADOCERA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; COPEPODA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; SCYPHOZOA; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0037448631     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps246137     Document Type: Article

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