Interannual variability, growth, reproduction and feeding of Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the Straits of Messina (Central Mediterranean Sea): Linkages with temperature and diet

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 111-112, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-107

  Rosa, S ^a   Pansera, M ^a   Granata, A ^a   Guglielmo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Jellyfish outbreaks; Pelagia; Population dynamics; Straits of Messina (Mediterranean Sea)

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CNIDARIA; COASTAL SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; JELLYFISH OUTBREAKS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDUSAE; PELAGIA; SCYPHOMEDUSA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SIZE STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURES; ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIELD SURVEY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; JELLYFISH; METABOLISM; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIZE STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ITALY; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

CNIDARIA; HYDROIDA; PELAGIA; PELAGIA NOCTILUCA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84872264804     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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