Direct and indirect trophic interactions of Aurelia sp. (Scyphozoa) in a stratified marine environment (Mljet Lakes, Adriatic Sea)

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 827-841

  Malej, A ^a   Turk, V ^a   Lucic D ^b   Benovic A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVORY; CLEARANCE RATE; CRUSTACEAN; DIEL MIGRATION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; JELLYFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; THERMOCLINE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER COLUMN;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MLJET; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AURELIA; AURELIA AURITA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPIDAE; HYDROIDA; OITHONA NANA; PARACALANUS PARVUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34248143965     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0503-1     Document Type: Article

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