Spreading and physico-biological reproduction limitations of the invasive American comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Baltic Sea

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-354

  Lehtiniemi, Maiju ^a   Lehmann, Andreas ^b   Javidpour, Jamileh ^b   Myrberg, Kai ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alien species; Ctenophore; Drift modelling; Physical factors; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEEP WATER; DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HALOCLINE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIMITING FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SALINITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI;

EID: 84856228178     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0066-z     Document Type: Article

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