Large-scale sampling reveals the spatio-temporal distributions of the jellyfish Aurelia aurita and Cyanea capillata in the Irish Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2639-2652

  Bastian, Thomas ^a   Haberlin, Damien ^a   Purcell, Jennifer E ^b   Hays, Graeme C ^c   Davenport, John ^a   McAllen, Rob ^a   Doyle, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COASTAL WATER; FISHERY SURVEY; JELLYFISH; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

AURELIA AURITA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 81555222789     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1762-z     Document Type: Article

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