Abundance and biomass of scyphomedusae, Aurelia aurita and Chrysaora melanaster, and Ctenophora, Bolinopsis mikado, with estimates of their feeding impact on zooplankton in Tokyo Bay, Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 607-615

  Kinoshita, Junji ^a,c   Hiromi, Juro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Prefectural Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

^c Kanagawa Prefectural Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aurelia aurita; Bolinopsis mikado; Feeding impact; Tokyo Bay

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLEARANCE RATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO BAY;

AURELIA AURITA; BOLINOPSIS MIKADO; CHRYSAORA MELANASTER; COPEPODA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE;

EID: 33748426779     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0080-4     Document Type: Article

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