Abundance, horizontal and vertical distribution of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the central Baltic Sea, November 2007

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-124

  Huwer, Bastian ^a   Storr Paulsen, Marie ^a   Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^b   Haslob, Holger ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic fish stocks; Bornholm basin; Comb jelly; Ctenophora; Invasive species; Mnemiopsis leidyi

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749141370     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2008.3.2.1     Document Type: Article

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