Diel vertical migration of medusae in the open Southern Adriatic Sea over a short time period (July 2003)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-32

  Lučić, Davor ^a   Benović, Adam ^a   Morović, Mira ^b   Batistić, Mirna ^a   Onofri, Ivona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic; Cnidaria; Jelly plankton; Mediterranean Sea; Medusae; Vertical distribution; Weighted mean depth; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIEL MIGRATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AGLAURA HEMISTOMA; AMPHINEMA; ARCTAPODEMA AUSTRALIS; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; OCTOPHIALUCIUM FUNERARIUM; PERSA INCOLORATA; RHABDOON SINGULARE; RHOPALONEMA VELATUM; SOLMISSUS ALBESCENS;

EID: 59549093898     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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