Jellyfish abundance and climatic variation: Contrasting responses in oceanographically distinct regions of the North Sea, and possible implications for fisheries

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-450

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AURELIA AURITA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; CYANEA LAMARCKII; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 22744456592     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011380     Document Type: Article

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