Rapid scavenging of jellyfish carcasses reveals the importance of gelatinous material to deep-sea food webs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1796, 2014, Pages

  Sweetman, Andrew K ^a   Smith, Craig R ^b   Dale, Trine ^c   Jones, Daniel O B ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological pump; Deep sea; Jellyfish carcasses; Metazoans; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BAIT; BATHYAL ZONE; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CRAB; EEL; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JELLYFISH; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SHRIMP FISHERY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TROPHIC LEVEL; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

METAZOA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84908133601     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2210     Document Type: Article

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