What are jellyfishes and thaliaceans and why do they bloom?

Jellyfish Blooms

Volumn 9789400770157, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-44

  Lucas, Cathy H ^a   Dawson, Michael N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Cnidarians; Ctenophores; Growth rates; Jellyfish blooms; Life histories; Macroevolution; Microevolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Phylogenetic analysis; Thaliaceans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902101475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7015-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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