Top-predator effects of jellyfish Odessia maeotica in Mediterranean salt marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 402, Issue , 2010, Pages 147-159

  Compte, J ^a   Gascon S ^a   Quintana, X D ^a   Boix, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Brackish waters; Food web; Jellyfish; Odessia maeotica; Top down; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CILIATE; FOOD WEB; JELLYFISH; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALTMARSH; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CATALONIA; EMPORDA WETLANDS; GERONA [CATALONIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; ODESSIA MAEOTICA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77954119367     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08453     Document Type: Article

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