Effects of hypoxia on Mnemiopsis leidyi, ichthyoplankton and copepods: Clearance rates and vertical habitat overlap

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 411, Issue , 2010, Pages 173-188

  Kolesar, Sarah E ^a,b,c   Breitburg, Denise L ^b,d   Purcell, Jennifer E ^a,e   Decker, Mary Beth ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Estuarine Research Center   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay anchovy; Chesapeake Bay; Ctenophore; Eutrophication; Fish egg; Fish larva; Food web; Gelatinous zooplankton; Naked goby; Predation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLEARANCE RATE; CLUPEOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; HYPOXIA; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; JELLYFISH; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; NICHE OVERLAP; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOLERANCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANCHOA MITCHILLI; COPEPODA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); ENGRAULIDAE; GOBIOSOMA BOSC; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 77955906260     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08656     Document Type: Article

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