Feeding rates of the jellyfish Aurelia aurita on fish larvae

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-306

  Titelman, Josefin ^a   Hansson, Lars Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOID; JELLYFISH; LARVA; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE;

AURELIA AURITA; GADUS MORHUA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33646477260     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0200-5     Document Type: Article

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