Distribution of carnivorous gelatinous zooplankton in the upwelling zone off central Chile (austral spring 2001)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1051-1065

  Pavez, Marcelo A ^a   Landaeta, Mauricio F ^b,d   Castro, Leonardo R ^a,c   Schneider, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Center of Oceanographic Research in the Eastern South Pacific   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Density front; Gelatinous zooplankton; Liriope tetraphylla; Suboxic waters; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; CARNIVORE; DENSITY FRONT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; JELLYFISH; SEAWATER; SUBOXIC CONDITIONS; UPWELLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHILE;

ABYLOPSIS TETRAGONA; BEROE CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS; EUPHYSA AURATA; HYDROMEDUSA; LIRIOPE TETRAPHYLLA; PLEUROBRACHIA BACHEI; SPHAERONECTES GRACILIS; THALASSOCALYCE INCONSTANS; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 77953268581     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq029     Document Type: Article

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