Predation on fish larvae by moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita under low dissolved oxygen concentrations

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 748-753

  Shoji, Jun ^a   Masuda, Reiji ^a   Yamashita, Yoh ^a   Tanaka, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Hypoxia; Jellyfish; Larvae; Predation; Red sea bream

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; AURELIA AURITA; PAGRUS MAJOR; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 24944437117     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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