Seasonal changes in the population dynamics of Aurelia aurita in Thau lagoon

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-347

  Bonnet, Delphine ^a   Molineros, Juan Carlos ^b   Schohn, Thomas ^a   Daly Yahia, Mohamed Néjib ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

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

^c University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aurelia aurita; Lagoon; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADVECTION; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; JELLYFISH; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ETANG DE THAU; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AURELIA AURITA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE;

EID: 84864452345     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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