Quantifying movement of the tropical Australian cubozoan Chironex fleckeri using acoustic telemetry

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-97

  Gordon, M R ^a   Seymour, J E ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box jellyfish; Habitat; Tide; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ESTUARIES; OCEAN HABITATS; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

ACOUSTIC TELEMETRIES; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; BOX JELLYFISH; COASTAL HABITATS; CURRENT SPEEDS; ESTUARINE HABITATS; FASTER RATES; HABITAT; MEDUSAE; QUANTITATIVE DATUMS; TIME PERIODS; TRACKING;

ECOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; HABITAT; JELLYFISH; MIGRATION; TELEMETRY; TIDE; TRACKING;

CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CNIDARIA; CUBOMEDUSAE; CUBOZOA; HEXAPODA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 57449090878     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9594-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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