Life cycle of the jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) and its distribution, seasonality and inter-annual variability along the Catalan coast and the Mar Menor (Spain, NW Mediterranean)

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2247-2266

  Fuentes, Verónica ^a   Straehler Pohl, Ilka ^b   Atienza, Dacha ^a   Franco, Ignacio ^c   Tilves, Uxue ^a   Gentile, Miriam ^a   Acevedo, Melissa ^a   Olariaga, Alejandro ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COASTAL LAGOON; JELLYFISH; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CATALAN SEA; CATALONIA; MAR MENOR; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

HYDROIDA; RHIZOSTOMA PULMO; RHIZOSTOMEAE; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 80052929075     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1730-7     Document Type: Article

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