Predation of freshwater jellyfish on Bosmina: The consequences for population dynamics, body size, and morphology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2004, Pages 521-528

  Jankowski, Thomas ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Craspedacusta; Enclosure experiment; Hydrozoa; Morphological defense

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

ANTENNULE LENGTH; JELLYFISH; PREY; SIZE-DEPENDENT NUMBER;

FISHERIES;

BODY SIZE; JELLYFISH; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK;

BOSMINA; BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRASPEDACUSTA; CYCLOPOIDA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 12444302302     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2648-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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