Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: A review to drive future research directions

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 690, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-245

  Lebrato, Mario ^a   Pitt, Kylie A ^b   Sweetman, Andrew K ^c,d   Jones, Daniel O B ^e   Cartes, Joan E ^f   Oschlies, Andreas ^a   Condon, Robert H ^g   Molinero, Juan Carlos ^a   Adler, Laetitia ^h,i   Gaillard, Christian ^j   Lloris, Domingo ^f   Billett, David S M ^e  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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Author keywords

Biological pump; Gelatinous zooplankton; Jelly fall; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; COMPENSATION; FISHING; JELLYFISH; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAFLOOR; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863393539     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1046-8     Document Type: Review

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