Pulse perturbations from bacterial decomposition of Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Scyphozoa: Pelagiidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 690, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-256

  Frost, Jessica R ^a,b   Jacoby, Charles A ^b   Frazer, Thomas K ^b   Zimmerman, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial decomposition; Carbon; Jellyfish; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Scyphomedusae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; HOMOGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; JELLYFISH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSAORA; CHRYSAORA QUINQUECIRRHA; HYDROIDA; PELAGIIDAE; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84861691549     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1042-z     Document Type: Article

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