Blooms of the invasive ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, span the Mediterranean Sea in 2009

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 645, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-37

  Fuentes, Verónica L ^a   Angel, Dror L ^b   Bayha, Keith M ^c,d   Atienza, Dacha ^a   Edelist, Dor ^b   Bordehore, Cesar ^e   Gili, Josep Maria ^a   Purcell, Jennifer E ^f,g  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^f WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate; Israel; Jellyfish; Spain; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BALLAST WATER; BLACK SEA; CATALANS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COASTAL WATERS; DNA SEQUENCING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PELAGIC FOOD WEB; SHIPPING ACTIVITIES; SMALL POPULATION;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPETITION; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; WATER;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMON ANCESTRY; FOOD WEB; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; JELLYFISH; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHIPPING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [ISRAEL]; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77952010356     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0205-z     Document Type: Article

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