Environmental drivers of gelatinous zooplankton distribution. Mnemiopsis in the Swedish waters
Journal: Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive (Gothenburg University)
Year: 2013

Factors governing zooplankton distributions and dispersal have since long interested pelagic ecologists. This thesis presents studies of how the interaction between gelatinous zooplankton and the environment can shape their distributions, either by biophysical drivers (papers I-III), or through interactions with predators (paper III &amp; IV) or competing species (paper V). \nIn papers I &amp; II we followed the newly invaded ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi population in Kattegat, Skagerrak and Bal