Ecological aspects of early life stages of Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomae) affecting its pelagic population success

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 690, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-155

  Astorga, Diana ^a   Ruiz, Javier ^a   Prieto, Laura ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feeding; Growth; Jellyfish; Mediterranean sea; Planulae settlement; Reproduction; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; JELLYFISH; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POLYP; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COTYLORHIZA TUBERCULATA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84861683738     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1036-x     Document Type: Article

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