Annual assessment of the predation of Mnemiopsis leidyi in a new invaded environment, the Kiel Fjord (Western Baltic Sea): A matter of concern?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 729-738

  Javidpour, Jamileh ^a   Molinero, Juan Carlos ^a   Lehmann, Andreas ^a   Hansen, Thomas ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA SET; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; KIEL FJORD; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

AURELIA AURITA; COPEPODA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; SCYPHOZOA; THORACICA;

EID: 71949122919     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp021     Document Type: Article

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