Population dynamics and zooplankton-predation impact of the indigenous scyphozoan Aurelia aurita and the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Limfjorden (Denmark)

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-162

  Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^a   Madsen, Caroline V ^a   Barth Jensen, Coralie ^a   Purcell, Jennifer E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gelatinous plankton; Interspecific competition; Predation impact; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 84859435487     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2012.7.2.001     Document Type: Article

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