Degradation of the Adriatic medusa Aurelia sp. by ambient bacteria

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 645, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-191

  Tinta, Tinkara ^a   Malej, Alenka ^a   Kos, Maja ^a   Turk, Valentina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aurelia sp.; Bacterioplankton; Decomposition; Jellyfish; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; AMBIENT WATERS; AURELIA; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIOPLANKTONS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SYSTEMS; MEDUSAE; MESOTROPHIC; MICROBIAL PLANKTON; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; ORGANIC PHOSPHOROUS; OXYGEN DYNAMICS; PRODUCTION RATES; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TRIESTE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOMS (METAL); DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OCEAN HABITATS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

NUTRIENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; GROWTH RATE; JELLYFISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGEN;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MLJET;

AURELIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77952010240     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0223-x     Document Type: Article

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