Feeding patterns and predation potential of scyphomedusae in a highly productive upwelling region

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 358, Issue , 2008, Pages 161-172

  Suchman, Cynthia L ^a,c   Daly, Elizabeth A ^b   Keister, Julie E ^b,d   Peterson, William T ^a   Brodeur, Richard D ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurelia; California current; Chrysaora; Coastal upwelling; Euphausiids; Gelatinous zooplankton; Phacellophora; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AURELIA; AURELIA LABIATA; CHRYSAORA; CHRYSAORA FUSCESCENS; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; HYDROIDA; PHACELLOPHORA; PHACELLOPHORA CAMTSCHATICA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 44249089081     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07313     Document Type: Article

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