Jellyfish Body Plans Provide Allometric Advantages beyond Low Carbon Content

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Pitt, Kylie A ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^b,c,d   Lucas, Cathy H ^e   Sutherland, Kelly R ^f   Condon, Robert H ^g   Mianzan, Hermes ^h   Purcell, Jennifer E ⁱ   Robinson, Kelly L ^j   Uye, Shin Ichi ^k  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^g DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

ⁱ WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^k HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; GROWTH RATE; JELLYFISH; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC SPECIES; SPECIES COMPARISON; SWIMMING; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CARBON; NITROGEN; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84881487536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072683     Document Type: Article

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