Predation by the scyphozoan Pelagia noctiluca on Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 218-224

  Tilves, Uxue ^a   Purcell, Jennifer E ^b   Marambio, MacArena ^a   Canepa, Antonio ^a   Olariaga, Alejandro ^a   Fuentes, Verónica ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape; Feeding rates; Functional response; Invasive; Jellyfish

Indexed keywords

CLEARANCE RATE; DIGESTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; INGESTION RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; JELLYFISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); HYDROIDA; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; PELAGIA NOCTILUCA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84871979621     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs082     Document Type: Article

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