Seasonal occurrence of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the western Dutch Wadden Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-92

  van Walraven, Lodewijk ^a   Langenberg, Victor T ^b   Van der Veer, Henk W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beroe gracilis; Invasive species; Mnemiopsis leidyi; Pleurobrachia pileus; Source sink dynamics; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EUKARYOTE; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; NORTH SEA COAST [NETHERLANDS]; WADDEN SEA;

BEROE GRACILIS; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; PLEUROBRACHIA PILEUS;

EID: 84882573382     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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