Predictability of patches of neritic salps and doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea)

By D. Deibel, G. Paffenhöfer. 2009

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The occurrence of large patches of gelatinous zooplankton has for decades been considered to be unpredictable. An evaluation of our own data and published results on abundances of doliolids and salps from ocean margins reveals that a considerable degree of prediction is possible, based upon meteorological and boundary current intrusion dynamics.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Environmental Chemistry, Paleontology

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