Spatial distribution of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea sp. within fringing coral reef environments of the Northern Red Sea: Implications for its life cycle

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-287

  Niggl, Wolfgang ^a   Wild, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Benthic habitat; Cassiopea; Coral reef; Idiomysis tsurnamali; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOINDICATOR; CORAL REEF; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; JELLYFISH; LIFE CYCLE; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CASSIOPEA; CASSIOPEA SP.; CRUSTACEA; IDIOMYSIS; MYSIDA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 78449261767     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0181-8     Document Type: Article

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