Avoidance of hydrodynamically mixed environments by Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora: Lobata) in open-sea populations from Patagonia, Argentina

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 645, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-124

  Mianzan, Hermes W ^a   Martos, Patricia ^b   Costello, John H ^c   Guerrero, Raúl A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Horizontal distribution; Native habitats; Surface winds; Tidal currents; Tidal front; Turbulence; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; NATIVE HABITATS; SURFACE WINDS; TIDAL CURRENTS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOMASS; TURBULENCE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; JELLYFISH; OPEN OCEAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIAN SHELF;

COELENTERATA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); LOBATA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 77952012173     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0218-7     Document Type: Article

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