Population biomass, feeding, respiration and growth rates, and carbon budget of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita in the Inland Sea of Japan

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-248

  Uye, S ^a   Shimauchi, H ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA; WORLD;

AURELIA AURITA; COPEPODA; HYDROIDA;

EID: 17144391857     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh172     Document Type: Article

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