Distribution of moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita in relation to summer hypoxia in Hiroshima Bay, Seto Inland Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-490

  Shoji, Jun ^a   Kudoh, Takaya ^b   Takatsuji, Hideyuki ^b   Kawaguchi, Osamu ^b   Kasai, Akihide ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute West Region Industrial Research Center   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dissolved oxygen; Hiroshima Bay; Japanese anchovy; moon jellyfish; Seto Inland Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYPOXIA; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; JELLYFISH; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CHUGOKU; HIROSHIMA [CHUGOKU]; HIROSHIMA BAY; HONSHU; JAPAN;

AURELIA AURITA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 74649083696     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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