The energy density of jellyfish: Estimates from bomb-calorimetry and proximate-composition

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 343, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-252

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergetic models; Chrysaora; Cyanea; Foraging ecology; Leatherback turtle; Marine food webs; Rhizostoma

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CALORIMETRY; ENERGY FLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSAORA; CHRYSAORA HYSOSCELLA; CYANEA (CNIDARIA); CYANEA CAPILLATA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; OCTOPUS; RHIZOSTOMA; RHIZOSTOMA OCTOPUS; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33947141388     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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