Ecological and economic implications of a tropical jellyfish invader in the Gulf of Mexico

Biological Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 53-69

  Graham, William M ^a,b   Martin, Daniel L ^a   Felder, Darryl L ^c   Asper, Vernon L ^d   Perry, Harriet M ^d  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Fish eggs; Predation; Rhizostomeae; Scyphomedusae; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLEARANCE RATE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANKTIVORY; RANGE EXPANSION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYDROIDA; MAGISTIIDAE; PHYLLORHIZA; PHYLLORHIZA PUNCTATA; RHIZOSTOMEAE; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0038115117     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024046707234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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