The first occurrence of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the North Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-155

  Boersma, Maarten ^a,b   Malzahn, Arne M ^a   Greve, Wulf ^c   Javidpour, Jamileh ^d  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beroe; Black Sea; German bight; Helgoland roads; Invasive species; Neozoa

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; JELLYFISH; NEW RECORD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; KIEL; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

BEROE; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 34249693045     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-006-0055-2     Document Type: Article

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