Jellyfish in ecosystems, online databases, and ecosystem models

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-85

  Pauly, Daniel ^a   Graham, William ^b   Libralato, Simone ^c   Morissette, Lyne ^d   Deng Palomares, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecopath with Ecosim; FishBase; Fishing down marine food webs; Jellyfish outbreaks; Keystone species; SeaLifeBase

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; FISHBASE; JELLYFISH OUTBREAKS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; SEALIFEBASE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EGG; FISHERY; FISHING; FOOD WEB; JELLYFISH; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PREDATION;

CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 57449117110     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9583-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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