From Fish to Jellyfish in the Eutrophicated Limfjorden (Denmark)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 701-713

  Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^a   Andersen, Per ^b   Hoffmann, Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ORBICON   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case story; Eutrophication; Fish; Jellyfish; Limfjorden; Oxygen depletion; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; INVASIVE SPECIES; JELLYFISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN; POLYP; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; SHELLFISH; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

DENMARK; LIMFJORDEN;

AURELIA AURITA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; HYDROIDA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84859434726     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9480-4     Document Type: Article

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