Seasonal dynamics of early life stages of invasive and native ctenophores give clues to invasion and bloom potential in the Baltic Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 582-594

  Jaspers, Cornelia ^a   Haraldsson, Matilda ^b   Lombard, Fabien ^c   Bolte, Sören ^d   Kiørboe, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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

Author keywords

egg mortality rates; egg sinking rates; invasive species; Mertensia ovum; Mnemiopsis leidyi

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; JELLYFISH; LARVA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84877333317     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt001     Document Type: Article

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