Distribution and abundance of the American comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) - A rapid invasion to the northern Baltic Sea during 2007

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-449

  Lehtiniemi, Maiju ^a   Pääkkönen, Jari Pekka ^a   Flinkman, Juha ^a   Katajisto, Tarja ^a   Gorokhova, Elena ^b   Karjalainen, Miina ^a   Viitasalo, Satu ^a   Björk, Heidi ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Invasive species; Mnemiopsis leidyi; Range expansion; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749173133     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.17     Document Type: Article

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