Jellyfish patch formation investigated by aerial photography and drifter experiment

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 761-773

  Magome, Shinya ^a   Yamashita, Tomohiro ^b   Kohama, Takeshi ^c   Kaneda, Atsushi ^d   Hayami, Yuichi ^e   Takahashi, Satoru ^a   Takeoka, Hidetaka ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Horizontal convergence; Jellyfish aggregation; Patch formation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DRIFTER; JELLYFISH; PATCH DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EHIME; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKEZU BAY; JAPAN; SHIKOKU;

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34548421983     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0065-y     Document Type: Article

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