Distribution, abundance, and predation effects of epipelagic ctenophores and jellyfish in the western Arctic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 127-135

  Purcell, Jennifer E ^a   Hopcroft, Russell R ^b   Kosobokova, Ksenia N ^c   Whitledge, Terry E ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic Ocean; Climate change; Competition; Gelatinous zooplankton; ROV; USA

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC WATERS; CALANUS; CONSUMPTION RATES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GUT CONTENTS; PACIFIC WATER; SCUBA DIVING; SCYPHOMEDUSA;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COMPETITION; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; JELLYFISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTIC ZONE; PLANKTIVORE; PREDATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

AMPHIPODA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BALAENIDAE; BEROE CUCUMIS; BOLINOPSIS INFUNDIBULUM; BOREOGADUS; CALANUS; CHRYSAORA MELANASTER; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); CUCUMIS; DRYODORA; LIMACINA HELICINA; MERTENSIA OVUM; PARATHEMISTO LIBELLULA; PTEROPODA; SCYPHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 75449086843     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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