Clearance rates of jellyfish and their potential predation impact on zooplankton and fish larvae in a neritic ecosystem (Limfjorden, Denmark)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 304, Issue , 2005, Pages 117-131

  Hansson, Lars Johan ^a   Moeslund, Ole ^b   Kiørboe, Thomas ^a   Riisgård, Ulrik ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aurelia aurita; Barnacle; Feeding; Hydromedusa; Rathkea; Sarsia; Scyphomedusa

Indexed keywords

CLEARANCE RATE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIMFJORDEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; AURELIA AURITA; BIVALVIA; BOUGAINVILLEA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HYDROIDA; HYDROMEDUSA; HYDROZOA; RATHKEA; RATHKEA OCTOPUNCTATA; SARSIA; SARSIA TUBULOSA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA; THORACICA;

EID: 30744474978     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps304117     Document Type: Article

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