Abundance, distribution and prey composition of scyphomedusae in the southern North Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1021-1033

  Barz, Kristina ^a   Hirche, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL CYCLE; CLUPEOID; CRUSTACEAN; JELLYFISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AURELIA AURITA; CHRYSAORA HYSOSCELLA; CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYANEA LAMARCKI; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 34248156761     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0545-4     Document Type: Article

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