Seasonal development of scyphozoan medusae and the predatory impact of Aurelia aurita on the zooplankton community in the Bornholm Basin (central Baltic Sea)

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 465-476

  Barz, K ^a   Hirche, H J ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AURELIA AURITA; COPEPODA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; EUBOSMINA COREGONI; EVADNE NORDMANNI; HYDROIDA; MOLLUSCA; PODON; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 20944452030     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-1572-2     Document Type: Article

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