Reconsidering evidence for Mnemiopsis invasion in European waters

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-95

  Gorokhova, Elena ^a   Lehtiniemi, Maiju ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MNEMIOPSIS;

EID: 71949105112     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp105     Document Type: Note

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