Fisheries bycatch data provide insights into the distribution of the mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca) around Ireland

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 436-443

  Bastian, Thomas ^a   Stokes, David ^b   Kelleher, Jane E ^a   Hays, Graeme C ^c   Davenport, John ^a   Doyle, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fish kill; Gelatinous zooplankton; Jellyfish; Northeast atlantic; Patchiness; Salmon aquaculture; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; DATA SET; FISHERY SURVEY; JELLYFISH; MORTALITY; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID CULTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PELAGIA NOCTILUCA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 79952000918     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq178     Document Type: Article

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