Shifting abundance of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and the implications for larval bivalve mortality

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-412

  McNamara, Marianne E ^a   Lonsdale, Darcy J ^a   Cerrato, Robert M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; JELLYFISH; LARVA; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 77949267699     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1327-6     Document Type: Article

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