Climate-related increases in jellyfish frequency suggest a more gelatinous future for the North Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 480-485

  Attrill, Martin J ^a   Wright, Jade ^a,b   Edwards, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; JELLYFISH; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34250828385     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.1.0480     Document Type: Article

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