Temperature effects on asexual reproduction rates of scyphozoan species from the northwest Mediterranean Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 690, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 169-180

  Purcell, Jennifer E ^a   Atienza, Dacha ^b   Fuentes, Verónica ^b   Olariaga, Alejandro ^b   Tilves, Uxue ^b   Colahan, Chandler ^a   Gili, Josep María ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bloom; Climate; Global warming; Jellyfish; Temperature; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYP; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

AURELIA AURITA; COTYLORHIZA TUBERCULATA; HYDROIDA; RHIZOSTOMA PULMO; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84861691127     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1047-7     Document Type: Article

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