Interannual variation of strobilation by the scyphozoan Amelia labiata in relation to polyp density, temperature, salinity, and light conditions in situ

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 375, Issue , 2009, Pages 139-149

  Purcell, Jennifer E ^a   Hoover, Richard A ^a   Schwarck, Nathan T ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom; Climate; Density dependent; Jellyfish; Photoperiod; Puget sound; Reproduction; Warming

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIGHT EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

CORNET BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 60949092652     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07785     Document Type: Article

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