A character-based analysis of the evolution of jellyfish blooms: Adaptation and exaptation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 193-215

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Environment; Evolution; Morphology; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOMS (METAL);

ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SCYPHOZOA;

ECOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING; JELLYFISH; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TAXONOMY;

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 57449103931     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9591-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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