Reproductive strategy of the jellyfish Aurelia Aurita (Cnidaria scyphomedusae) in the Suez canal and its migration between the red sea and Mediterranean

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-275

  El Serehy, Hamed A ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ephyrae; Gelatinous plankton; Life span; Medusae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AURELIA AURITA; CNIDARIA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 80052516807     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2010.527231     Document Type: Article

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