Stranding events provide indirect insights into the seasonality and persistence of jellyfish medusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Houghton, Jonathan David Roy ^a   Doyle, Thomas K ^b   Davenport, John ^b   Lilley, Martin K S ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^a   Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chrysaora hysoscella; Cohorts; Cyanea capillata; Jellyfish; Over wintering behaviour; Rhizostoma octopus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CHRYSAORA HYSOSCELLA; COHORTS; CYANEA CAPILLATA; JELLYFISH; OVER-WINTERING BEHAVIOR; RHIZOSTOMA OCTOPUS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JELLYFISH; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; OVERWINTERING; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; IRISH SEA;

CHRYSAORA HYSOSCELLA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; HYDROIDA; OCTOPUS; RHIZOSTOMA OCTOPUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34547092408     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0572-2     Document Type: Article

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