Evidence for impacts by jellyfish on North Sea herring recruitment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 298, Issue , 2005, Pages 157-167

  Lynam, Christopher P ^a   Heath, Michael R ^b   Hay, Stephen J ^b   Brierley, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herring; Jellyfish; Larval survival; Medusae; North Atlantic Oscillation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; JELLYFISH; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RECRUITMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AURELIA AURITA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CYANEA CAPILLATA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 22744443556     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps298157     Document Type: Article

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