Warmer waters in the Northern Territory-Herald an earlier onset to the annual chironex fleckeri stinger season

EcoHealth

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-17

  Jacups, Susan P ^a,b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

box jellyfish; Chironex fleckeri; climate change; marine stings; sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CUBOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; SEA; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CUBOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANS AND SEAS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CUBOZOA; HEXAPODA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77955306228     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0306-1     Document Type: Article

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