The invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi: A threat to fish recruitment in the North Sea?

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Hamer, Henrike H ^a   Malzahn, Arne M ^a,b   Boersma, Maarten ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

abundance; fish eggs; gelatinous plankton; invasive species; jellyfish; predation; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EGG; EUKARYOTE; FOOD SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STABLE ISOTOPE; STOCK IDENTIFICATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

BOLINOPSIS INFUNDIBULUM; COPEPODA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; PLEUROBRACHIA PILEUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 78649806661     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq100     Document Type: Article

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