Blooms and population dynamics of moon jellyfish in the northern Adriatic

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-342

  Malej, Alenka ^a   Kogovšek, Tjaša ^a   Ramšak, Andreja ^a   Catenacci, Luca ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Artificial substrates; Aurelia sp.; Genetic markers; Polyps; Population connectivity

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL WATER; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GENETIC MARKER; JELLYFISH; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

AURELIA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84861656511     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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