Pelagia noctiluca in the mediterranean sea

Jellyfish Blooms

Volumn 9789400770157, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-266

  Canepa, Antonio ^a   Fuentes, Verónica ^a   Sabatés, Ana ^a   Piraino, Stefano ^b   Boero, Ferdinando ^b   Gili, Josep María ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalan coast; Climate variability; Jellyfish blooms; Jellyfish fish interactions; Long term monitoring; NW Mediterranean Sea; Oceanography; Pelagia noctiluca; Physicochemical variables; Socioeconomic impacts; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896858515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7015-7_11     Document Type: Chapter

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