Invasion dynamics of the alien ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and its impact on anchovy collapse in the Black Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1385-1397

  Oguz, Temel ^a   Fach, Bettina ^a   Salihoglu, Baris ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLUPEOID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

ENGRAULIDAE; MNEMIOPSIS; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 56749177517     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn094     Document Type: Article

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