Feeding of Aurelia sp. (Scyphozoa) and links to the microbial food web

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-505

  Turk, Valentina ^a   Lučić, Davor ^b   Flander Putrle, Vesna ^a   Malej, Alenka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Aurelia sp.; Bacterial production; Bacterioplankton; Facilitation; In situ; Jellyfish; Microbial food web; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; FACILITATION; FOOD WEB; JELLYFISH; PREDATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MLJET; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AURELIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALANOIDA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 57549105645     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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