A review and synthesis on the systematics and evolution of jellyfish blooms: Advantageous aggregations and adaptive assemblages

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-191

  Hamner, William M ^a   Dawson, Michael N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Ecology; Evolution; Life history; Oceanography; Phylogeny; Scyphozoa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BIODIVERSITY; EARTH SCIENCES; LIFE CYCLE; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TAXONOMIES;

BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; LIFE-HISTORY; PHYLOGENY; SCYPHOZOA;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; JELLYFISH; LIFE HISTORY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PELAGIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 57449085076     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9620-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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