Developing a simple, rapid method for identifying and monitoring jellyfish aggregations from the air

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 314, Issue , 2006, Pages 159-170

  Houghton, Jonathan D R ^a   Doyle, Thomas K ^b   Davenport, John ^b   Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lee Maltings ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; Gelatinous zooplankton; Irish Sea; Jellyfish blooms; Rhizostoma octopus; Scyphozoan

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; JELLYFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHIP TECHNOLOGY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

AVES; CETACEA; CHRYSAORA HYSOSCELLA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS CYANEA; PINNIPEDIA; RHIZOSTOMA OCTOPUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33745598151     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps314159     Document Type: Article

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