Widespread and persistent increase of Ctenophora in the continental shelf ecosystem off NE USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 320, Issue , 2006, Pages 153-159

  Link, Jason S ^a   Ford, Michael D ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenophore abundance; Gelatinous zooplankton; Global scale perturbation; Large marine ecosystem; Regime shift; Spiny dogfish

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COELENTERATA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); PISCES; SQUALUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 33749399293     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps320153     Document Type: Article

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