Identification of jellyfish from Continuous Plankton Recorder samples

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 645, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-201

  Baxter, E J ^a   Walne, A W ^b   Purcell, J E ^c   McAllen, R ^a   Doyle, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medusae; Nematocysts; North Atlantic Ocean; Pelagia noctiluca

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PLANKTON RECORDERS; DATA SETS; LABOUR-INTENSIVE; MEDUSAE; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; REANALYSIS;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INSTRUMENTATION; JELLYFISH; OCEAN COLOR; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH SEA;

COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; PELAGIA NOCTILUCA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77952010193     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0212-0     Document Type: Article

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