Aggregations of predators and prey affect predation impact of the Arctic ctenophore Mertensia ovum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-100

  Majaneva, S ^a,b,c   Berge, J ^a,d   Renaud, P E ^a,e   Vader, A ^a   Stubner E ^a   Rao, A M ^a   Sparre, O ^a,d   Lehtiniemi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Comb jelly; Functional response; Gut content analysis; Patchiness; Predation impact

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84874458888     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10143     Document Type: Article

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