Population dynamics of natural colonies of Aurelia sp. scyphistomae in Tasmania, Australia

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-670

  Willcox, Simon ^a   Moltschaniwskyj, Natalie A ^a   Crawford, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COLONY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; JELLYFISH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

AURELIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 44349194862     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0959-2     Document Type: Article

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