Invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi widely distributed in Danish waters

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-460

  Tendal, Ole Secher ^a   Jensen, Kathe R ^a,b   Riisgård, Hans Ulrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beroe; Bolinopsis; Danish waters; First record; Invasive ctenophore; Mnemiopsis leidyi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861705508     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.19     Document Type: Article

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