High abundance of the jellyfish Aurelia aurita excludes the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi to establish in a shallow cove (Kertinge Nor, Denmark)

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-356

  Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^a   Barth Jensen, Coralie ^a   Madsen, Caroline V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aurelia; Competition; Gelatinous plankton; Halflife of zooplankton; Mnemiopsis; Predation impact; Specific growth rate; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650802956     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.03     Document Type: Article

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