Climatic and oceanic influences on the abundance of gelatinous zooplankton in the North Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1153-1159

  Lynam, C P ^a,b   Attrill, M J ^c   Skogen, M D ^d,e  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

climate; inflow; jellyfish; North Atlantic Oscillation Index; North Sea; temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; INFLOW; INVERTEBRATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; NORTH SEA;

AURELIA AURITA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CYANEA (CNIDARIA); HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS);

EID: 77958452954     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409990488     Document Type: Article

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