Causes for mass occurrences of the jellyfish Periphylla periphylla: A hypothesis that involves optically conditioned retention

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-167

  Sørnes, Tom A ^a   Aksnes, Dag L ^a   Båmstedt, Ulf ^a,b   Youngbluth, Marsh J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; JELLYFISH; LIGHT EFFECT; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; OPEN OCEAN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HALSAFJORDEN; HORDALAND; LUREFJORDEN; MORE OG ROMSDAL; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE; SOGNEFJORD;

PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34047216392     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm003     Document Type: Article

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