Trophic interactions of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 811-823

  Jankowski, Thomas ^a,b   Strauss, Tido ^a   Ratte, Hans Toni ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER; JELLYFISH; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BOSMINA LONGIROSTRIS; COPEPODA; CRASPEDACUSTA SOWERBII; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; HYDROIDA; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 26844462155     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbi055     Document Type: Article

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