Morphological variation among populations of an invasive jellyfish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 278, Issue , 2004, Pages 125-139

  Bolton, Toby F ^a,b   Graham, William M ^a,c  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Jellyfish; Morphology; Multivariate analyses; Phyllorhiza punctata

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

PHYLLORHIZA; PHYLLORHIZA PUNCTATA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 6044241025     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps278125     Document Type: Article

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