Associations of large jellyfish distributions with temperature and salinity in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 690, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-96

  Zhang, Fang ^a   Sun, Song ^a   Jin, Xianshi ^b   Li, Chaolun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cyaneanozakii; Jellyfish bloom; Medusae; Nemopilema nomurai; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD WATER; JELLYFISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAWLING;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

AEQUOREA; CYANEA (CNIDARIA); HYDROIDA; NEMOPILEMA NOMURAI; SCYPHOZOA; ULMARIDAE;

EID: 84862815177     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1057-5     Document Type: Article

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