Beyond the jellyfish joyride and global oscillations: Advancing jellyfish research

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 929-938

  Gibbons, Mark J ^a   Richardson, Anthony J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

bloom; debate; impacts; jellyfish; management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DATA SET; JELLYFISH; RESEARCH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84883478205     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt063     Document Type: Article

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